EditorialA prayer ceremony at the Bon Shen Ling temple in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens on Sept. 24, 2022. Bon is an ancient indigenous Tibetan religion that was influenced by Indian Buddhism. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialThe funeral ceremony by cremation of a top Lama in Tibetan Buddhism. Monks bring wood as fuel for the fire. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in...
EditorialThe funeral ceremony by cremation of a top Lama in Tibetan Buddhism. Monks bring wood as fuel for the fire. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in...
EditorialVajra Flaying Knife, ca. 15th century, Eastern Tibet, Derge, Steel inlaid with gold and silver, L. 22 11/16 in. (57.7 cm); W. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm), Metalwork, This flaying knife is styled in the Indian manner, with a long, hooked steel blade for butcheri...
EditorialThe funeral ceremony by cremation of a top Lama in Tibetan Buddhism. Monks bring wood as fuel for the fire. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in...
EditorialPrajnaparamita-book that contains a well known philosophical text of Mahayana, or " Greater Vehicle" Buddhism. Buddhism came to Bhutan from India and its texts were translated from Sanskrit into Tibetan. Wood, sheet copper, silk cloth 24 x 69 cm.
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