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Ghandruk: Heart of the Tamu
Ghandruk is a village in the Annapurna region of Nepal and is on one of the country\'s main trekking routes. It is in the centre of the traditional...
View full detailsSherpa English and English Sherpa Dictionary with Literary Tibetan and Nepali Equivalents
Sherpa English and English Sherpa Dictionary with Literary Tibetan and Nepali Equivalents Author: Nicolas Tournade, Lhakpa Norbu Sherpa, Gyurme Ch...
View full detailsThe Mountain Boy and the Foreign Aid Circus
Claude Bobillier was born in a modest family in the Swiss Alps in August 1939. Never having felt home in his native land, he left for New Zealand a...
View full detailsThrough a Sherpa Window Illustrated Guide to Traditional Sherpa Culture
This book is written from a Sherpa perspective to increase cultural appreciation among younger Sherpa, other members of the Tibeto-Burman communiti...
View full detailsHimalayan Mountain Cults Sailung Kalingchok Gosaikunda
Nepal is renowned for the snow-capped Himalayas and their sacred status as the abode of the gods. These sacred seats are considered inaccessible an...
View full detailsReflection of a Mongolian Shaman
Reflections of a Mongolian Shaman Shaman Byampadorj Dondog Compiled & translated by Degii Sodbaatar BYAMPADORJ DONDOG, one of the greatest Mong...
View full detailsMiyapma : Traditional Narratives of the Thulung Rai
Cinnabaris Series of Oriental Studies - V MIYAPMA Traditional Narratives of the Thulung Rai N. J. Allen
Manifesting Gods and Remedial Faults
This study is an ethnographic exploration of the Masta cult of a Brahman village named Ludku in the Sija Valley in the Karnali Basin of Western Nep...
View full detailsThe Ancestral Forest by Martino Nicoletti
Lost among the high hills of eastern Nepal, which has meant centuries of cultural isolation, the Kulunge Rai ethnic group have tenaciously maintain...
View full detailsTibetan Shamanism: Ecstasy and Healing
Reflecting sixteen years of intensive fieldwork, this book is a rich chronicle of the daily lives, belief systems, and healing rituals of four high...
View full detailsFAITH-HEALERS IN THE HIMALAYA by Casper J. Miller
This book is a reprint of a long out of print classic anthropological study of the shamans of Nepal. With the introduction of western medicine and ...
View full detailsThe Fifth Dalai Lama and his First three administrators
This book is an attempt to elucidate some aspects of the political life of the Fifth Dalai Lama (1617-1682) who established the Ganden Phodrang, hi...
View full detailsThe Eighty Mahasiddhas of the Mother Tantra
TSADZIN LOPON GESHE MONLAM WANGYAL PUGYALWA is from the Pontsang clan which originated from the Dong Lineage. The first Pontsang clan was from Kham...
View full detailsLama of Lamas The life of the vajra Master Chogye Trichen Rinpoche (2 Volumes)
Lama of Lamas is the inspiring and amazing life story of a modern buddha. Born in Tibet in 1919 into a venerable family of religious nobility, Chog...
View full detailsThe cult and the Practice of the Bonpo by John Myrdhin Reynolds
THE CULT AND PRACTICE OF THE BONPO DEITY WALCHEN GEKHOD, also known as ZHANG-ZHUNG MERI, the Meditation Deity for the Zhang-zhung Nyan-gyud Traditi...
View full detailsBonpo Dzogchen Teachings by Lopan Tenzing Namdak
Nowadays there are two principal philosophical traditions followed by Tibetan Lamas. The first is found among the Sarmapas, or Newer Schools, emplo...
View full detailsThe Oral Tradition From Zhang-Zhung
A great compilation of ancient Dzogchen teachings, transmitted by the master Tapihritsa and here beautifully translated along with hagiographies of...
View full detailsA New Dawn - Mamata Pant Mishra
A New Dawn - Mamata Pant Mishra Love, temptation, and desire are some of the most remarkable human feelings. These feelings are healthy when kept ...
View full detailsA Different Face and other Tales
A Different Face and other Tales by D.S. Kansakar Hilker Nothing can be more annoying than trying to convince my fellow countrymen, that i am also...
View full detailsReply from Tibet by Dharma Ratna Yami
Reply from Tibet This book written by late Dharma Ratna Yami, who has over two-dozen books to his credit published in several languages covering u...
View full detailsThe Newars of Sikkim - Reinventing Language, Culture, and Identity in the Diaspora
The Newars of Sikkim - Reinventing Language, Culture, and Identity in the Diaspora This monograph presents not only an ethnographic description bu...
View full detailsVoices in the Dark - A century of classic Nepali short stories about Women
Voices in the Dark - A century of classic Nepali short stories about Women Translated by Ann Hunkins ANN HUNKINS is a writer's dream - she transla...
View full detailsVernacular Religion by David N. Gellner
Cultural Politics, Community Belonging, and personal Practice in the UK's Nepali Diaspora Nepalis in the UK are one of Britain’s newest ethnic min...
View full detailsThe Heart of compassion by Dilgo Khyentse
The heart of compassion, Instructions on Ngulchu Thogme's Thirty-Seven fold practice of a Bodhisattva by Dildo Khyentse. The remarkable story of th...
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