Books

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...

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...

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...

Nowadays there are two principal philosophical traditions followed by Tibetan Lamas. The first is found among the Sarmapas, or Newer Schools, emplo...

A great compilation of ancient Dzogchen teachings, transmitted by the master Tapihritsa and here beautifully translated along with hagiographies of...

A New Dawn - Mamata Pant Mishra Love, temptation, and desire are some of the most remarkable human feelings. These feelings are healthy when kept ...

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...

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...

The Newars of Sikkim - Reinventing Language, Culture, and Identity in the Diaspora This monograph presents not only an ethnographic description bu...

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...

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...

The heart of compassion, Instructions on Ngulchu Thogme's Thirty-Seven fold practice of a Bodhisattva by Dildo Khyentse. The remarkable story of th...