A Handbook Of Tibetan Culture: A Guide to Tibetan Centres and Resources Throughout the World

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Over the past nine years the Orient Foundation has compiled a database that brings together information on over 600 Tibetan-related organizations throughtout the world. Compiled under the auspices of HH The Dalai Lama, this book provided comprehensive information about Tibetan Buddhism and culture for the general public including: Museums, teaching centres, retreat centres and publications listed in a country-by-country gazetteer. Background information on the four schools of Tibetan Biddhism Biographies of practising Tibetan teachers The First glossary of Tibetan terms

Additional information

Weight 1.813 kg
Dimensions 3 × 12.9 × 21.5 cm
Format

Paperback
Language

Pages

430
Publisher

Year Published

2015-1-26
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

184604362X
About The Author

Graham Coleman is President of the Orient Foundation for Arts and Culture(UK), a major Tibetan cultural conservancy organization. He has been editing Tibetan Buddhist poetry and prose texts in cooperation with various distinguished translators since the mid-1970s, and is the writer and director of the acclaimed feature documentary ‘Tibet – A Buddhist Trilogy’.

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