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International Seminar of Young Tibetologists
Posted May 4 by sweinberger
A conference for Tibetologists in the early stages of their careers, Oxford, England, August 9-13, 2007. Submit an “informal registration of interest” by May 1 and an abstract by June 1, following the directions at http://www.isyt2007.com/submissions.
Dalai Lama Teachings, Pennsylvania, July 2008
Posted Apr 26 by sweinberger

HH the Dalai Lama will teach on Tsongkhapa’s Great Exposition of the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, July 10-15, 2008. Tickets go on sale Fall, 2007.

For more information see the website: http://www.dalailamajuly2008.com/. To be added to a mailing list for information updates, send email to guru@DalaiLamaJuly2008.com.

JOB: Deer Park Fundraising Coordinator
Posted Jun 6 by sweinberger

Deer Park, Madison, Wisconsin is searching for someone to coordinate the fundraising efforts for the new temple, restoration of the old temple and stupa, and to build an endowment to support Deer Park’s future.

Position Responsibilities: Initiate, plan, execute, monitor and coordinate all fundraising activities Balance the competing demands of scope, time, cost, quality, resources, and risk to raise funds required to complete the new temple, restore the old temple and stupa monument, and build an endowment base. Help create and then operationalize the fundraising strategy. Explore and recommend new methods of fundraising.

Contact: Send a letter of interest and resume to Christopher Goodrich at kcgoodrich@yahoo.com, or by mail c/o Deer Park. 20 – 30 hours per week. Pay is commensurate with experience. Minimum 1 year commitment, although longer term is preferred.

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A Bon-po Death Ceremony
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The Tibetan Yulanpen jing
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Review of Alexander Studholme, The Origins of Oṁ Maṇipadme Hūṁ Bryan Phillips provides an in-depth review of Alexander Studholme’s The Origins of Oṁ Maṇipadme Hūṁ. (Ben Deitle 2006-08-09)
Āryadeva on the Career of the Boddhisattva
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A Genealogy of the Kings of Lo (Mustang)
The article looks to the Molla of Tsarang, and brings to light the information included in the text regarding the history of the kings of Lo. (Mark Premo-Hopkins 2004-04-13)
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Notes Apropos of the Transmission of the Sarvadurgatipariśodhana-tantra in Tibet
Leonard van der Kuijp brings to bear his own research in his review of Tadeusz Skorupski's The Sarvadurgatipariśodhanatantra: Elimination of All Evil Destinies and his further discussion of th...
Apropos of a Recent Contribution to the History of Central Way Philosophy in Tibet: Tsong Khapa's Speech of Gold
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The Secret Visions of the Fifth Dalai Lama: The Gold Manuscript in the Fournier Collection
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ཕུར་ལྕོགས་སྐུ་ཕྲེང་རིམ་བྱོན་གྱི་རྣམ་ཐར་མདོར་བསྡུས་དད་པའི་སྒོ་འབྱེད། (phur lcogs sku phreng rim byon gyi rnam thar mdor bsdus dad pa’i sgo ’byed/)
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Extended Wylie Method of the Transcription of Tibetan Characters and the Database Project of Asian Languages in the Toyo Bunko
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Down with the Demoness: Reflections on a Feminine Ground in Tibet
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