Books

Seeking Nibbana in Sri Lanka is a finely crafted novel that succeeds both as a work of literature and as a profound reflection on the nature of Bud...

Ngawang Shedrub Tenpe Gyaltsen Rinpoche is the head lama of Thangme Gompa. Born in Rolwaling in 1958, he spent his early youth studying in Thubten ...

Venerable Jamyang Wangmo (Helly Pelaez Bozzi) was born in Spain in 1945 and trained in law and art. Ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1973, she lives i...

Guide to the Hidden Land of the Yolmo Snow Enclosure and its History Author: Khenpo Nyima Dondrup  

A Cry in the Wilderness and Other Short Stories Srilaxmi Shrestha Author: Srilaxmi Shrestha  

Electoral Violence and Volatility in Nepal Author: Dhruba Kumar  

Yak and Nak carry loads in the high passes and mountains of Nepal. But could there be a better job for them? Find out with Yak and Nak, as they try...

Incident at Lukla David Padwa Author: David Padwa  

The sun was setting over the mountains as the little snowflake made her way down, towards the Earth. It was bitterly cold outside, yet she was happ...

Assessing "Dependency": Food Security and the Impact of Food Aid on Livelihoods in Mugu Miriam Bishokarma Author: Miriam Bishokarma  

For nearly 240 years (1768-2006) either Shah dynasty or their Rana Prime Minister ruled Nepal in the name of Hundusim; in more recent times Shah ki...

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...

Sherpa English and English Sherpa Dictionary with Literary Tibetan and Nepali Equivalents Author: Nicolas Tournade, Lhakpa Norbu Sherpa, Gyurme Ch...

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...

This book is written from a Sherpa perspective to increase cultural appreciation among younger Sherpa, other members of the Tibeto-Burman communiti...

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...

Reflections of a Mongolian Shaman Shaman Byampadorj Dondog Compiled & translated by Degii Sodbaatar BYAMPADORJ DONDOG, one of the greatest Mong...

Cinnabaris Series of Oriental Studies - V MIYAPMA Traditional Narratives of the Thulung Rai N. J. Allen  

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...

Lost among the high hills of eastern Nepal, which has meant centuries of cultural isolation, the Kulunge Rai ethnic group have tenaciously maintain...

Reflecting sixteen years of intensive fieldwork, this book is a rich chronicle of the daily lives, belief systems, and healing rituals of four high...

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 ...

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...

TSADZIN LOPON GESHE MONLAM WANGYAL PUGYALWA is from the Pontsang clan which originated from the Dong Lineage. The first Pontsang clan was from Kham...