简介:<正>TherearetwonamesfortheBkavbrgyudsect:BkavbrgyudandDkarbrgyud."Dkarbrgyud"meansthe"whitetransmissionlineage"("WhiteReligion")and"Bkavbrgyud",the"oraltraditionlineage".Dkarbrgyudgaineditsnamebecausetofollowdharma,thesect’sfounders,MarpaandMilaraspa,bothworethewhitecottonclothingoftheascetic.(SeetheChinesetranslationoftheHistoryandDoctrinesoftheDifferentBuddhistSectsbyThubKuan,p.52.)TheTibetanmonkswhoatthattimepracticeddharmausuallyworethesamewhite
简介:TheManuscriptCollectionofLiuZanting(HereinaftertheManuscriptCollectionforshort)hasveryrichcontentsandvariousgenres.Itincludesnotonlytherecordsonhispersonalexperienceand
简介:<正>Sincetheeighties,thestudyofMahakalainmainlandChina,fromliterarytextsonMahakalatotheprominentmanuscriptsofKhara-Khoto(黑水城),canbedividedintosixcategories,namelythespreadofMahakala,thestudyofMahakalainSouthZhaoDali(南诏大理),thestudyoftheMahakalamanuscriptsinTangut(西夏),thehistoryandportraitsofMahakalafromtheYuandynasty,thestudyofMahakalafromtheQingdynastyandthestudyofMahakalaliterature.
简介:"Tibetanpaper"referstothepapermadeinTibetandTibetan-inhabitedareas.PaperisproducedinmanyplacesinTibet.InoldTibet,wheretherewasappropriaterawmaterialandcleanwaterforpapermaking,apapermillwouldsurelybebuiltthereand
简介:MostscholarsworkingontheeconomydevelopmentinTibet,especiallythehusbandrymentionedthe"reluctanceslaughterandsell"phenomenonoffarmer(herdsman)andallagreedthatitisanimportantreasonforobstructingthecomeoutrateoflivestockinTibetandcausingundevelopedcommodityeconomyandgrasslandoverload.However,mostscholars