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This course is a highly selective survey of the major traditions
of Buddhism in Tibet. After being introduced to the major
themes of Tibetan Buddhism through the life story of the Dalai
Lama, we will focus on different aspects of religious life,
including ritual practice, philosophy, meditation, community,
solitude, devotion, ethics, and cosmology. In studying these
different ways of being religious, you will learn to look
at religion in Tibet as a living aspect of culture and society.
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Fall
2005 Syllabus
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Web resources
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Tibet
Info Network (TIN) - An independent news, research, and
reporting organization. Its goal is to provide accurate reporting
of issues related to Tibet by analyzing official Tibetan and
Chinese reports, eyewitness accounts, other news accounts,
etc. Releases 35-40 Tibet new updates per year. Aims to draw
attention to human rights abuses, education, poverty, and
other social issues.
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Tibetan
Himalayan Digital Library (THDL) - Founded in conjunction
with the University of Virginia Library and the Institute
for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, this integrated
library offers a central repository for work related to Tibet.
Offers resource in a number of categories, from language to
law to tourism and travel. Includes advanced search features.
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Digital
Himalaya - A "project to develop digital collection, storage,
and distribution strategies for multimedia anthropological
information". Offers ethnographic material related to the
Himalayana Region. Contains video, images, and texts. Many
of these materials would not be preserved if they were not
digitized, because the original formats (such as film tapes)
are degrading. Also offers comprehensive search features.
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