81. SIT Study Abroad - Tibetan Studies Lectures on many aspects of Tibetan culture, and the use of resources such as the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA), the Tibetan Institute of http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/asia/tibet.html

SIT Home SIT Study Abroad Home About Us Site Map ... Contact Us Program Info Tibet Home Tibet Highlights Tibet Excursions Meet the Academic Directors ... Apply Now Who Are You? Prospective Students Accepted Students Advisors/Faculty Parents ... Alumni * Requires free Adobe Acrobat Reader Photos by SIT Study Abroad students and staff This unique transnational program offers an ideal setting in which to study contemporary and traditional Tibetan culture and religion. The program originates in Dharamsala, seat of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile, and includes excursions to Nepal and the Tibetan Autonomous Region or, alternatively, to Varanasi and the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. Lectures include aspects of Tibetan culture and students have access to the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA), the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA), government agencies, and monastic colleges. Students examine the effects of Chinese policies and expansion in both rural and urban areas in the Tibet Autonomous Region and the impact of traditional culture or, alternatively, explore the origins of Buddhism in Varanasi (India), and the secluded kingdom of Bhutan. You will engage in intensive Tibetan language study and live with a Tibetan family as you begin interdisciplinary and field study seminars and work with the Tibetan community through a practicum. Continuing language training and fieldwork help you explore the realities of the Tibetan and Bhutanese communities.

82. Tibet Tour - Culture And Cultural Awareness Learn about tibetan culture and traditions before experiencing tibet. http://www.cbw.com/tibet/culture.html

83. The Impact Of Buddhism On Tibetan Culture ¡¡With the development of a script, tibet s national culture developed in leaps and bounds. Moving on from translation, the compiling and writing of books http://chinaguides.shanghai-window.com/destination/tibet/culture/Impactof.html

84. CHINA TIBETAN CULTURE WEEK Foreign Cultural Exchange Association of tibet Autonomous Region Years of the Distant PastHistorical and Cultural Process of tibet http://www.tibetinfor.com.cn/tibetzt-en/cultureweek/menu.htm

85. Tibetan Culture, The Arts And Sports Prosper tibet has an ancient and distinctive cultural tradition and an abundant and To help tibetan culture and arts to flourish, the local federation of http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/ljzg/3585/3600/t17988.htm

86. Services A To Z Index - Multnomah County Library The Dalai Lama and Tibetan culture practices and explains the role of Tibetan lamas in developing the extremely religious nature of Tibetan culture. http://www.multcolib.org/books/lists/tibet.html

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87. On The Margins Of Tibet Cultural Survival On The Sino-Tibetan The state of Tibetan culture within contemporary China is a highly Kolås and Thowsen investigate the present conditions of Tibetan cultural life and http://www.prio.no/page/Publication_details/Staff_alpha_ALL/9429/46142.html

PRIO Staff Historical staff list Ethics, Norms and Identities Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Security Programme Centre for the Study of Civil War Past projects Books Articles Other Academic list 2005 Intranet Web-Mail Log in Security Dialogue Journal of Peace Research PRIO Journals Publications Research ... About Books and Reports Monographs On the Margins of Tibet: Cultural Survival on the Sino-Tibetan Frontier Buy at Amazon.co.uk The state of Tibetan culture within contemporary China is a highly politicized topic on which reliable information is rare. But what is Tibetan culture and how should it be developed or preserved? The Chinese authorities and the Tibetans in exile present conflicting views on almost every aspect of Tibetan cultural life. à shild Kolås and Monika P. Thowsen have gathered an astounding array of data to quantify Tibetan cultural activities—involving Tibetan language, literature, visual arts, museums, performing arts, festivals, and religion. Their study is based on fieldwork and interviews conducted in the ethnic Tibetan areas surrounding the Tibetan Autonomous Region — parts of the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan, and Qinghai. Aware of the ambiguous nature of information collected in restricted circumstances, they make every effort to present a complete and unbiased picture of Tibetan communities living on China’s western frontiers. Kolås and Thowsen investigate the present conditions of Tibetan cultural life and cultural expression, providing a wealth of detailed information on topics such as the number of restored monasteries and nunneries and the number of monks, nuns, and tulkus (reincarnated lamas) affiliated with them; sources of funding for monastic reconstruction and financial support of clerics; types of religious ceremonies being practiced; the content of monastic and secular education; school attendance; educational curriculum and funding; the role of language in Tibetan schools; and Tibetan news and cultural media.

88. Observation Of Growing Tibetan Culture In Switzerland -www.timesoftibet.com Times of tibet is an online news media, providing news on every aspect of tibet. http://www.timesoftibet.com/blogs/25/Observation-of-growing-Tibetan-culture-in-S

Home Sponsors Scholarship Advertise ... Syndicate Site Menu View Blogs View Authors Become an Author Author Login ... My Articles Categories Community Events Culture Entertainment Interviews ... Urgent Action Search All Categories - Community Events - Culture - Entertainment - Interviews - News Article - News Photos - News Videos - Novel - Opinion - Poetry - Press Release - Reviews - Books - Movies - Music/CDs - Restaurants - Statement - Travel - Urgent Action Advanced Search Photo Gallery Although the weather was quite bad,around 250 people showed up for the demonstration held in New York Dec,10,04. Rally in front of Chinese Consulate, NY Jan 28 Silent Protest in Front of Rubin Museum March10,2005 Tibetan Uprising Day Sangso in New York on 4/25/05 Cartoon of the Week Tibet Search Home Blogs Tenzin Yangdak View all blogs by Tenzin Yangdak... Observation of growing Tibetan culture in Switzerland By Tenzin Yangdak It was a great comeback to Switzerland, the land of lakes, mountains and meadow, after my four hectic years in Gurupura, Tibetan Settlement, South India. One thing that made me think repeatedly, and also this time, was that often heard in public speech within the Tibetan community in exile, the importance and urgency to cherish and

89. China Today tibet s remote geographical location and its distinct culture have caused Traditional secular culture in tibet has its aristocratic and folk aspects. http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/English/e20037/p32.htm

90. Sri Ramakrishna Math : The Vedanta Kesari, Tibet's Contribution To World Culture Two major forces have shaped tibet s ancient culture. The most fundamental has When we think of tibetan culture, we generally mean Buddhist culture. http://www.sriramakrishnamath.org/magazine/vk/2001/12-5-1.asp

Home Donation Online Shopping Books ... Sri Ramakrishna Prabha(Telugu Monthly) Tibet's Contribution to World Culture H.H.Dalai Lama Two major forces have shaped Tibet's ancient culture. The most fundamental has been the unique environment on Tibet's plateau, high above the rest of Asia. The rigours of the climate at such a high altitude have tended to bring a certain toughness and resilience to the Tibetan character. On the other hand, living a free nomadic life in a vast open land, as many Tibetans do, untroubled by the crowds, pollution and competition for resources that afflict our neighbours, has fostered a large degree of contentment and freedom from anxiety. Although compassion is of fundamental value in Tibetan culture, it is actually universal in nature. Compassion is crucial to our survival as human beings wherever we live. We human beings are social animals; we need companions to survive. If we develop concern for other people's welfare, share other people's suffering, and help them, ultimately we will benefit. If we think only of ourselves and forget about others, ultimately we will lose.

91. TIBET - The Internet Travel And Hotel Guide tibet travel guide and hotel information. as the ideal complement to any guidebook, and for everybody who wants to know about tibetan culture. http://www.pmgeiser.ch/tibet/

Home Travel and Hotel Guides Guides with Photos Hong Kong Macau Japan Switzerland ... Amsterdam FAQs of rec.travel.asia Cambodia China Laos Myanmar ... Vietnam Other travel guides Malaysia Hotel Guides Australia Canada India Indonesia ... FractalSaver Peter M. Geiser's Hotel and Travel Guide TIBET Check out these exciting China tour packages Plan your own China trip Mystical land, Shangrila, Forbidden Country: Tibet has many names and inspires an air of mystical dreams. However, Tibet is real and a beautiful place to travel. World monuments like the famous Potala in Lhasa and temples in Shigatse and Gyangtse testify of a high culture, while beautiful landscape inspire for treks. For pilgrims from many religions there are sacred places like Mount Kailas Places Gyangtse Lhasa Mount Kailas Sakya ... Shigatse Lonely Planet Tibet by Bradley Mayhew, Monique Choy, J. Bellezza Lonely Planet, Paperback, 5. edition, 384 pages, May 2002, ISBN: 1864501626 Buy now online from Amazon, click below! This all new edition by the most famous travel guide producer offers essential information for the traveller. Transportation Flying Bus Car Trekking Heartlands - Travels in the Tibetan World by Michael Buckley Summersdale Publishers, Paperback, 320 pages, Aug 2002, ISBN: 1840242094

92. Volunteer Tibet Community: Tibetan Culture Volunteer tibet provides a full volunteering listing for those wishing to assist tibetans living in Exile. Volunteers can find opportunities in tibetan http://volunteertibet.org/community/culture.php

about us contact us help The Community: About Tibetan Culture culture dharamsala sites tibet McLeod Ganj, India 27 September 2005; 12:11am Tibetan Buddhism The original religion of Tibet was known as Bon. It was animistic and its worship of the elements of nature is remarkably similar to that of the Native American tribes of North America. Indian Buddhism was introduced initially by King Tsongsten Gampo in the 7th century, but it wasn't until the arrival from India of the great Padmasambhava 200 years later that Buddhism started making inroads into Tibetan culture. At that time in India, the more widely practiced form of Buddhism was known as Mahayana or "Great Path." This sect of Buddhism revered the ideal of the bodhisattva, a compassionate enlightened being that devotes their life to dispelling the suffering of all beings to bring each of them closer to enlightenment. Tibetan Buddhism has also inherited India's rich pantheon of supernatural beings, from divine incarnations of different qualities of the Buddha to the fearsome wrathful protector deities. After the 9th century, Buddhism began to flourish in Tibet, fueled by frequent visits by scholars and sages from neighboring India. By the time Muslim invasions from the east had moved across northern India in the 14th century, destroying monasteries and burning religious texts, Tibet had absorbed much of the written tradition of Indian Buddhism, and had translated vast numbers of texts from Sanskrit to Tibetan. Today, Tibet has a rich storehouse of ancient teachings, many of which have yet to be shared with the outside world.

93. RFA: The Plunder Of Tibet's Treasures WASHINGTON—The ancient Himalayan culture of tibet—already subject to Many overseas scholars worry that tibetan culture is gradually becoming extinct. http://www.rfa.org/english/news/arts/2005/08/01/tibet_artifacts/

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94. Login To BioOne breathtaking landscape and Tibetan culture being well suited for this the natural beauty of the region and the value of its rich Tibetan culture, http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-document&issn=0276-4741&volume=025&iss

95. Flickr: The Tibetan Culture Pool Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos to the world, securely and http://www.flickr.com/groups/tibet/pool/

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96. Free Tibet Campaign File - The Culture Of Tibet Free tibet Campaign, based in The UK, campaigns for an end to the Chinese occupation of tibet and for the tibetans fundamental human rights to be respected http://www.freetibet.org/info/file/file19.html

Tibet File No.19: An Outline of Tibetan Culture - by Robert Thurman Professor Robert A.F. Thurman is the President of the American Institute of Buddhist Studies at Columbia University. This article - an exploration of the differences between the Tibetan and Chinese civilisations - first appeared in Cultural Survival Quarterly (Vol. 12, 1988), and is reproduced below by kind permission. Introduction Anyone who knows the Tibetan language and has firsthand experience of Tibetan people knows the utter distinctness of the Tibetan culture. But to demonstrate this fact it is helpful to think back to ground principles. What is a "national culture"? A nation is more than a state, which is more than a tribe, which is more than a clan, which is more than a family. The only common political unit larger than a nation used to be called an "empire" though now there are entities called "United States" and "Union of Republics". The English nation's descendants of Angles and Saxons and Celts and Normans, to name a few tribes, themselves the amalgams of clans, can usually think of themselves as members of a single nation. Scots sometimes have difficulty thinking of themselves as part of an English nation, and the Irish cannot, though both groups were part of Great Britain for centuries. A people seem to think of themselves as a single nation when they: Have come together in a common territory through history;

97. Tibetan Culture Unveiled I ve always been intrigued by the tibetan culture so when I got a chance to see the wonderful tibet exhibit at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria this past May http://www.tibet.ca/en/wtnarchive/2005/7/15_4.html

World Tibet Network News Published by the Canada Tibet Committee Friday, July 15, 2005 4. Tibetan culture unveiled myTel Friday, Jul 15, 2005 I've always been intrigued by the Tibetan culture so when I got a chance to see the wonderful Tibet exhibit at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria this past May I jumped at the chance. Of course all the art, dress, and visual displays made me wonder about the history of this territory that is not a country and yet has a special place in the hearts of those who were raised there before the Chinese occupation. A visual example of this is found in the book Lost Lhasa: Henrich Harrer's Tibet with text and photographs by Heinrich Harrer. Yes, this is the same Heinrich Harrer who wrote Seven Years in Tibet about his experience as a P.O.W. escaping into Tibet and befriending the Dalai Lama, the regions' spiritual leader. With Lost Lhasa, the author has released his photographs from that period immediately after the Second World War but before the Chinese occupation in 1950. The photographs allow the reader to experience first hand a culture that was greatly different before this time.

98. Tibetan Art Preserving Dying Culture Tibetan culture is alive on Front Street this week, The monasteries are basically the last bastion of the Tibetan culture, Dolma said. http://www.tibet.ca/en/wtnarchive/2005/7/14_1.html

World Tibet Network News Published by the Canada Tibet Committee Thursday, July 14, 2005 1. Tibetan art preserving dying culture By Cassie Shaner, cshaner@mariettatimes.com The Marietta Times Thursday, July 14, 2005 Marietta resident Carol Dawson watches as a Tibetan monk demonstrates the art of mask-making during a workshop Wednesday in Marietta. The North American Sacred Art Tour of the Drepung Gomang Monastery continues today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the former Sound Exchange location on Front Street in Marietta. Tibetan culture is alive on Front Street this week, as the North American Sacred Art Tour of the Drepung Gomang Monastery makes a stop in Marietta. "This is a culture that's dying," said Tenzin Dolma, a translator for the tour's eight monks. "It's important to preserve it." The 11-month tour features 60 to 70 pieces of art created by the monks, including three sets of paintings. One set depicts the people and the traditions of Tibet. Another features buildings like the Yambulakhang, the oldest building in Tibet, that illustrate the country's history. The most prominent set of paintings are Thangka paintings. Thangka literally means "scroll art," and the scroll paintings are usually framed by brightly-colored silk brocade, with a thin, silk veil covering the front of the piece. Thangkas are religious in nature and often feature buddhas, bodhisattvas, meditational deities, great teachers, and mandalas.

99. Search The Web For Society And Culture A Nonprofit organization devoted to the preservation of tibetan culture. tibet Online Information on tibetan culture and the government in exile. http://www.sino.net/ODP/?/Regional/Asia/China/Tibet/Society_and_Culture/

100. Tibet Environmental Watch - Development Local Colleges Monumental in tibet s culture. WTNL World tibet Network News. tibetan culture and art were made to cater to the nobles and high http://www.tew.org/development/tibet.colleges.html

Home Search tew.org What's New Reports Wildlife Geography ... Site Map Development Local Colleges Monumental in Tibet's Culture [WTN-L World Tibet Network News. Published by The Canada Tibet Committee. Issue ID: 02/07/30; July 30, 2002.] People's Daily - Commentary [Official news agency fof the PRC] July 29, 2002 The graduation of the first group of postgraduates from colleges in Tibet Autonomous Region has proved that local institutions of higher learning have become sacred sites where traditional Tibetan culture is carried forward and developed. The 10 postgraduates, all Tibetans, completed their post-graduate studies and were awarded graduation and master's degree certificates on July 17. They majored in Tibetology, the history of the Tibetan ethnic group, Tibetan language and Tibetan medicine which constitute the core of Tibetan culture over the past three years. Their success shows that Tibetans can promote and carry forward their traditional culture in pace with the times. This was unimaginable in the past, however. Before the peaceful liberation of Tibet in 1951, there was not a single school in Tibet in a modern sense and education was only a tool controlled and manipulated by temples, with some people taught in private schools. Tibetan culture and art were made to cater to the nobles and high officials, and the feudal serfdom shackled the spread and growth of fine Tibetan culture. King Gesar, the longest epic poem in the world, was then only handed down orally by folk ballad singers, who, at the bottom of the social ladder, could only make a living by singing the story of King Gesar, the legendary hero of the Tibetan ethnic group. Butthe ballad-singing was regarded by the nobles as "beggars' hurly-burlies".

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