tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post6857550925429049876..comments2024-03-22T14:47:42.501+02:00Comments on Tibeto-logic: Remarkable Re-Appearances of Vanished BooksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-66101491228904835432023-09-04T13:00:23.146+03:002023-09-04T13:00:23.146+03:00Buddhist Digital Archives has put up this valuable...Buddhist Digital Archives has put up this valuable page about Tibetan guidebook genre, including the one by Sman-lung Gu-ru, with direct links to digital scans: https://www.bdrc.io/blog/2023/08/31/the-tibetan-books-of-living-and-traveling/Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-25802235077123858902018-04-28T22:37:50.751+03:002018-04-28T22:37:50.751+03:00Iuchi Maho, "The Bka' gdams chos 'byu...Iuchi Maho, "The Bka' gdams chos 'byung Genre and the Newly Published Ye shes rtse mo's Bka' gdams chos 'byung," contained in: I. Iwao and T. Ikeda, eds., The Historical Development of Tibeto-Himalayan Civilization (2018), pp. 337-356. You may be able to locate a PDF at academia.edu.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-87156117643156551762015-08-14T00:10:16.762+03:002015-08-14T00:10:16.762+03:00I wanted to add that the long-unavailable Kadampa ...I wanted to add that the long-unavailable Kadampa history finally came into my hands just today. It is now possible to say that it dates to the year 1484. The colophon gives the Wood Dragon year 503 years after the arrival in the world of the Jo-bo Rje Lha-gcig (that means Atisha).Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-5810655536724062062015-07-07T21:33:53.723+03:002015-07-07T21:33:53.723+03:00Dear S.P.,
I've been told by certain Tibetans...Dear S.P.,<br /><br />I've been told by certain Tibetans that inquisitiveness, curiosity and 'discovery' are unTibetan concepts. This is untrue, I'd say, since there are clear cases to the contrary throughout Tibetan history. Another takeaway from this blog is, I think, that the old days when a person could claim to possess a text for their own translation or study (as their own personal 'discovery' for which they will receive all the glory), and that other people have to keep their hands off, are already in the past. That idea was always offensive, I think, since who do these Tibetan texts belong to, after all, Academics? (Well, for most part, not!) Well, I guess it's true that some Germans still need to do their dissertation research based on 'untouched' texts, but in this case it's the academy that has got to change. I think it represents an imperialist (and/or egoistical) attempt to gain control of resources, actually. Better if Tibetans and Tibetanists will keep the sources and the discussions about them open to all. The people at TBRC have done more than anyone else to change those possessive attitudes and to keep things open. They don't get enough praise for this.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-67119267125667902892015-06-26T15:21:01.418+03:002015-06-26T15:21:01.418+03:00It is heartening to see that others from Tibet att...It is heartening to see that others from Tibet attempted to deepen their understanding of the subcontinent.Short Personnoreply@blogger.com