A Cultural History of Tibet, Volume 10"In their discussion of the three major periods of Tibetan history, the authors draw parallels with the structure of life in England and Western Europe. Strong analogies breakdown with the European Renaissance, a cultural development that Tibet, of course, did not experience. A final section focuses on Tibet's belated emergence into modern times, ending with its subjugation by the Chinese Communists"-- |
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already ancient Atisa became bKa'-rgyud-pa Bon-po Bras-spungs Bri-khung British Brog-mi Brom-ston bSam-yas Buddha Central Tibet centre century ceremonies China Chinese continued cultural D. L. Snellgrove death decorated developed dGa'-ldan dGe-lugs-pa disciples divinities doctrine Dolpo dynasty Dzungars early Emperor established existence fifth Dalai Lama founded Gyantse Gyer-spungs H. E. Richardson Horniman Museum Indian Buddhist influence interest Jo-khang Karma-pa Khan Khri-srong-lde-brtsan kind King of Tibet Ladakh Lama's later Lhasa literary literature Mahāyāna Manchus maṇḍala Mar-pa master Mi-la ministers monasteries monastic Mongols monks neighbours Nepal Nepalese Newars nobles Padmasambhava painting Pan-chen Lama period Phag-mo-gru pillar pre-Buddhist pronounced Ral-pa-can Regent reincarnation religion religious orders represented rGya-mtsho rGyal-mtshan ritual rNying-ma-pa royal ruler Sa-skya sacred Sanskrit scholars Shang-shung Shigatse Srong-brtsan-sgam-po style successors tantric Tashilhunpo teachers teachings temples texts Tibetan Buddhist Tibetan religious tomb traditional translated Tsang Tsong-kha-pa Tun-huang Valley Western Tibet whole Yarlung Yarlung Valley yogins