Lhase──the Holy City

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On the ＂Middle Way＂ of the Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama has, in recent years, been telling the world he has stopped seeking ＂Tibetan independence＂ and turned towards a ＂middle way＂. By this, he says, he means ＂high-level autonomy＂ or ＂real autonomy＂ in Tibet and other Tibetan-inhabited areas within the framework of the Chinese Constitution. Only by doing so, he has argued, can Tibet best protect its unique traditional culture, religion and eco-environment, and can the unification and unity of China be maintained. （On March 10, 1959, the reactionary upper class in Tibet staged a counter-revolutionary armed rebellion. When it was suppressed,     

Thomas Graham Brown (1882–1965): Behind the Scenes at the Cardiff Institute of Physiology

Thomas Graham Brown undertook seminal experiments on the neural control of locomotion between 1910 and 1915. Although elected to the Royal Society in 1927, his locomotion research was largely ignored until the 1960s when it was championed and extended by the distinguished neuroscientist, Anders Lundberg. Puzzlingly, Graham Brown's published research stopped in the 1920s and he became renowned as a mountaineer. In this article, we review his life and multifaceted career, including his active neurological service in WWI. We outline events behind the scenes during his tenure at Cardiff's Institute of Physiology in Wales, UK, including an interview with his technician, Terrence J. Surman, who worked in this institute for over half a century.     

Review of the 3-River Project(Ⅱ)

Ｒｅｖｉｅｗｏｆｔｈｅ３－ＲｉｖｅｒＰｒｏｊｅｃｔ（Ⅱ）Ｔｈｉｓｉｓｔｈｅｆｏｌｌｏｗ－ｕｐｒｅｖｉｅｗｏｆｔｈｅｃｏｍｐｒｅｈｅｎｓｉｖｅｄｅｖｅｌｏｐｍｅｎｔｏｆｔｈｅｖａｌｌｅｙｄｒａｉｎｅｄｂｙｔｈｅＬｈａｓａ,ＮｙａｎｇＱｕａｎｄＹａｒｌｕ...     

Songs Wafted From the Tea-Horse Trade Route(Ⅱ)

When we got to the Naxi ethnic town in Yanjin, it was already dark. We were taken to theQoizeka Hot Spring, with an elevation of some 2,000 meters. The Hot Spring Swimming Pool, fed with water from 108 springs, is as large as half a football field. As it is close to the Lancangjiang River, our ears were filled with the roaring sound of the river.We met at an academic meeting in a pavilion by the river after dinner. It was agreed that the Henduan Mountains constitute one of the three major areas where the world's plants are concentrat-     

Why Is the 14 Dalai Lama Fighting a Buddhist Deity?

MostmonasteriesoftheGelugSectareenshrinedwithapaintingorastatueofDorjeShugden,and,insome,thedeityevenfindshiswayintothefrescoontheinnerwallofthemainhalls.Eversincethe5thDalaiLama,theBuddhistGuardianwasworshippeduntilthelate196O,whenthel4thDalaiLamabegansuggestingthisinvitedadverseeffect.However,hedidn'tvoiceoutrightoppositionuntilearly1978.OnMarchlO,l996,thel4thDalaiLamacursedthedeityatameetingoflamasasameanper-son.Hecalledupon1amaspresenttounitetofightthedeity.OnMarch21,1996,when…     

Recreating the Judean Hills? English hermits and the Holy Land

This article explores the place of the Holy Land in the devotions of medieval English hermits and recluses between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. It first outlines the importance of physical travel to Palestine in the career of anchorites, with pilgrimage to Jerusalem followed by seclusion held up as a powerful ideal in literary sources. It then suggests that some of the dwellings of English solitaries formed deliberate monumental recreations of the holy places of Palestine. It considers the extent to which the cells of recluses were understood as recreations of the tomb of Christ, functioning as living Easter Sepulchre structures, and the dedication of churches used or built by hermits and recluses. Finally, it notes possible links between the hermitage of St Robert of Knaresborough and Jabal Quruntul (Mount Quarentayne), the site of Christ's temptations in the wilderness.     

Where Does the 14th Dalai Lama's' Madhyamika Way' Lie?

MadhymamikaisaBuddhisttermknownasWomainTibetan.ItreferstothekeydoctrineoftheBuddhistMadhyamikaschoolfoundedbyancientIndianBuddhistMasterNagarjuna,andfollowsthetenetofMadhymamika-sastra.TibetanBuddhismcontainsthekeypartofthedoctrine,andZongkapa,founderoftheGelugSectofTibetanBuddhism,explaineditallinhismasterpieceentitledExtensiveInterpretationofMadymamika-sasra.Madymamika-sastraisrepresentedbythedoctrinesofthemean,eclecticismandthemiddleway.Sincethe1980s,the14thDalaiLamahasbeenpreachin…     

An Analysis Of the 14th Dalai′s Visit to Taiwan

TheworldagreesthatwithouttheinvitationfromtheTaiwanbeimpossibleforthe14thDalaitovisittheisland.AlthoughtheTaiwanauthoritiesdeclaredtimeandagainthattheDalai'sMarch22-27visitwasnotofficiallyorganized,evenachildcanseethroughthatdisclaimerGOVERNMENTBEHINDTH…     

WHO EXNIBITS THE GREATEST CARE:The Central Government or the Dalai Lama?

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Fresh Fruit of Tibetan Studies—Compillation of Chronology of the Dalai Lamas and the Panchen Erdenis

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My Work as Secretary General of the KMT Tibet Office(Ⅱ)

EDITOR'S NOTE: As World War II was about to end in the 1940s, the KMT Government built the Xikang-Tibet Highway and dispatched troops into the region, and Chiang Kai-shek appointed Shen Zonglian Director of the Tibet Office. The KMT Tibet Office remained in operation until in 1949, when the Tibetan government reacted to "drive the Hans out of Tibet." The author of the following story was secretary general of the KMT Tibet Office at that time. The following is the second part o…     

Why Were the Dalai Lama and The Panchen Erdeni at odds in History?

Inthewinterof1903,morethan200BritishtroopsenteredGangba,Tibet,ontheexcuseof"negotiations".AllsignsshowedthattheywerereadytogodeeperintoTibet.Wheninformedofthis,theGaxaggovernmentofTibetsentanordertotheLhazhangOfficeoftheTashilhungpoMonastery.Theorderreadinpartasthefollows:"TheBritishtroopshavemadeinroadintoGangba.IftheygodeeperintoTibet,theywillinevitablycausemoreseriousdamagetoourtemporalandreligiouscause.SinceGangbaisunderthejurisdictionoftheTashilhungpoMonastery,youhavetheboundendut…     

A BON RELIGION VILLAGE(Ⅱ)

The world used to be composed of five particles known today as a kind of oval. They evolved into dew and raindrops, which accumulated and eventually formed the oceans.One of the oval-related bubbles exploded and out jumped a blue woman. Without lowering her head     

Teachers of Tibet University(Ⅱ)

Probing Effortsand PioneeringSpirit-Story of Vice-PresidentLobsang NangyalAll the teaching staffand students ofTibet Universityspeak highly of LobsangNangyi,citing his probingefforts and pioneering spiritas the model for emulation.Lobsang Nangyal wasassigned to teach in TibetTeacher's School when hegraduated from Lhasa Mid-dle School in 1964.     

古粟特文信札(Ⅱ号)

时间 :公元 31 3年 6月 / 7月信件 :41 .5× 2 4厘米 ;封面 :1 4× 9.5厘米书写人 :那耐·万达克 ( Nanai″vandak)1 90 7年斯坦因发现于敦煌以西长城烽燧遗址中。发现号 T. a.ii.2 ;编号 82 1 2 / 95 (信 ) ;82 1 2 / 99.1 (信封 ) ,99.2 (包裹 ) ,99.3 (原粘连在信封上的碎纸 )。1(见封二 )现珍藏于大英图书馆。信以墨书写于纸上 ,里层用丝绸包裹 ,外包装是麻织物 ,并有墨书字迹。1 90 7年斯坦因教授在中国西北敦煌以西的长城烽燧遗址 (发现号为 :″T. .a″)中发现了一组非常重要的信札 ,该信件就是其中的一份 ,以前从未公开陈列过。这…     

Scientific Exploration At Namjagbarwa Mountain(Ⅱ)

IncompanywithaChineseMountaineeringParty,IcametoNanfengPeakforthesecondtimeinSnrinq.1984.OnMarch9,thegroupofinvestigatorsandclimbersheadedtbrthehighestpeakafteralongmarchthroughanimmensefOrestandsnowt1eldatanaltitudeof3,6004,200meters.At4,200meters,wefin…