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Roosevelt & Muir
I heard a story recently that I thought was worth passing on. I have no idea if it is true, …Continue reading »
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Japanese Swords in Tibet
When I was in Kham three years ago, I saw a Japanese knife for sale in a store in Ganzi …Continue reading »
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Antique Graffiti
One of the joys of working at an old and well-preserved university are the little traces of the past that …Continue reading »
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John Bunyan, Missionaries to Tibet and the Thirteenth Dalai Lama
Most of us who think about Tibetan history are aware of the longstanding activities of missionaries in that country. From …Continue reading »
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Samuel Turner, the Daeb Raja and Tibetan Vegetarianism
When foreign observers comment on the Tibetan diet, they usually remark on the large quantities of meat being consumed. It …Continue reading »
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Who Wrote “The Words of My Perfect Teacher”?
The Words of My Perfect Teacher (tib: ཀུན་བཟན་བླ་མའི་བཞལ་ལུང།) is one of the most famous and popular works to emerge from …Continue reading »
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Between Abstinence and Indulgence: Vegetarianism in the Life and Works of...
Click here to download the article directly from JBE. I’ve been pounding the keys pretty hard the last few months …Continue reading »
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An Old Lama’s Affection
Today’s post concerns a short passage from the biography of Changlung Paṇḍita Ngawang Lozang Tenpé Gyeltsen (1770-1845).[1] Changlung Paṇḍita became …Continue reading →
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Teaching Animals to Meditate
Ra Lotsawa is famous primarily for his willingness to use ritual violence against those who opposed him. Less well known is his opposition to violence against animals. But The All-Pervading Melodious...
View ArticleBook Release: Food of Sinful Demons is in the Wild!
As regular readers know, I’ve spent the last seven years researching the history of Tibetan vegetarianism, first for my dissertation and then for a book. After all these years, I’m happy to announce...
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