Gere, Richard
Summary: Actor Richard Gere is well known for his outspoken defense of the Tibetan people, his Buddhist beliefs, and his friendship with the Dalai Lama. What is less well known is that Gere has long been a serious and accomplished photographer. The 65 striking photos collected here document Gere's extensive travels in India, Nepal, Zanskar, and Tibet. All of Gere's profits from this book will be donated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown, and Co. 1997
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 770 GERPattison, Eliot
Summary: "Shan Tao Yun, now the reluctant constable of a remote Tibetan town, has learned to expect the impossible at the roof of the world, but nothing has prepared him for his discovery when he investigates a report that a nun has been savagely assaulted by ghosts. In an ancient tomb by the old nun lies a gilded saint buried centuries earlier, flanked by the remains of a Chinese soldier killed fifty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PATLobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso
Summary: A forefront Buddhist leader describes his witness to the torture and arrest of his family and teachers by Chinese authorities, his suffering at the sides of fellow monks under occupier "reeducation" practices, and his eventual escape to Tibet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 LOBKarma-gliṅ-pa
Summary: Contains a translation of the key Buddhist text that follows a Buddhist priest and student as they guide a deceased person into afterlife, chronicling the progress of the soul through death and rebirth in three stages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 KARGovinda, Anagarika Brahmacari.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press. 2005
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Contents: Yamantaka (27:44) -- Mahakala (26:58) -- #2 for Gaia (9:17).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rykodisc 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/ASIAN GYUNamkhai Norbu
Contents: The practice of Chöd -- The long life practice of Mandarava -- The song of the vajra.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amiata 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/ASIAN NAMLehman, Steve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Umbrage Editions 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 951.5 LEHChakraverty, Anjan
Summary: "Sacred Buddhist Painting is a lucid and readable account of thangka painting - a form of scroll painting integral to Tibetan Buddhist worship. Tibetans were often advised by their religious preceptors to commission a painting for the 'removal' of physical or mental obstacles, or to create the prerequisites for 'a long and healthy life'. Like any other virtuous deed, the commissioning of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lustre Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.951 CHASherab Ling (Monastery : Himachal Pradesh, India)
Contents: Mahamudra lineage prayer & meditation -- Mahakala puja. Invocation and offering to Mahakala ; Receiving blessings and dedicating the merit to world peace and harmony.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Naxos World [distributor] 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/ASIAN SHECoburn, Broughton
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 1997
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 796.522 COBContents: Ngontog Gyan, "ornament for clear realization" (12:44) -- Gaden Lhagyama, "the hundred Buddhas of Tushita" (13:25) -- Shar Gang-ri Ma, "the eastern snowy mountain" (6:03) -- Palden Yonten, "splendid knowledge" (11:35) -- Tsedrup, "life enhancement" (17:53).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ellipsis Arts 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/ASIAN TIBSummary: In Tibet, a once-sovereign nation for thousands of years, much of the country remains under harsh Communist Chinese rule and "patriotic re-education." The surviving Tibetan folk music shapes an endangered people's identity. Ngawang Choephel, a Tibetan musicologist who fled for India at the age of two, returned home to capture the music of his people. He was arrested and sentenced to eighteen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TIBRicard, Matthieu.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3437 RICThurman, Robert A. F.
Summary: Explores why the Dalai Lama has earned the world's love and respect, and how restoring Tibet's autonomy within China is not only possible, but also highly probable.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 THURoerich, Nicholas
Summary: Nikolaj Konstantinovich Rerih rodilsja (27 sentjabrja) 9 oktjabrja 1874 goda v Peterburge v sem'e notariusa. Do 1897 goda Nikolaj uchilsja v Akademii hudozhestv u Kuindzhi, a takzhe v studii Kormona v Parizhe. Pozzhe Rerih byl chlenom ob#edinenija «Mir iskusstva». S detskih let Reriha vlekli zhivopis', arheologija, istorija no, prezhde vsego, bogatejshee kul'turnoe nasledie Vostoka. Vse jeto,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: "Vieda" 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.7 ROEPearlman, Ellen
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inner Traditions 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 PEARobeson, Teresa
Summary: "Follow the 14th Dalai Lama's harrowing escape to India in 1959, as he fled Chinese suppression of a national uprising in Tibet. A story of risk and political tension, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the incredible story of the Tibetan spiritual and political leader--brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: J 921 DALWang, Holman
Summary: "Being a mom is eleven jobs in one! This unique picture book for very young readers celebrates the many jobs being a parent encompasses: A general who rallies the troops (or unruly kids), a curator of modern art (or finger paintings), an archaeologist looking for buried treasures (or socks)... when Mom gets home from her day job as a carpenter, she never knows which job will be waiting for her,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Theosophical Pub. House 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 294.3923 FARSummary: The adrenaline-filled odyssey of five legendary kungfu monks in search of the American dream. The men in this movie are not only accomplished Zen masters but famous kungfu stars with huge followings. It also has footage and history of the Shaolin Temple in Henan province, & chronicles the creation of Zen and kungfu by a wandering monk named Bodhidharma 1500 years ago. Today the temple is a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SHAKhandro
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2003