Writing more of India into Tibetology
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The subject is no longer only about countering the other beyond the mountain China
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The subject is no longer only about countering the other beyond the mountain China
Let’s situate the study of Tibet outside the narrow silo of Sino-Indian relations and within the Himalaya. It might teach us much that we don’t know about India.
As students of Tibet and the Himalaya, we welcome the Indian Army’s recent proposal for its officers to study Tibetology. A media report on January 28 said that officers would study “Tibetan history, culture, and language on both sides of the Line of Actual Control” in order to “counter Chinese influence and propaganda”.
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Colombo, February 19 (newsin.asia): A three-day international conference on Buddhist Philosophy and its Role in Inculcating Values among Youth concluded on February 19.Held in the virtual mode, the conference had participants from 29 countries including Sri Lanka.
It was organized in the virtual mode by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development. It was inaugurated by the Indian Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports, Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju.
The objectives of the conference were to disseminate the core values of Buddhist philosophy, its culture and its relevance for instilling in the youth ethical and moral values.
Posted on February 19th, 2021
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Colombo, February 19 (newsin.asia): A three-day international conference on Buddhist Philosophy and its Role in Inculcating Values among Youth” concluded on February 19.Held in the virtual mode, the conference had participants from 29 countries including Sri Lanka.
It was organized in the virtual mode by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development. It was inaugurated by the Indian Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports, Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju.
The objectives of the conference were to disseminate the core values of Buddhist philosophy, its culture and its relevance for instilling in the youth ethical and moral values.
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LONDON, England - David Seyfort Ruegg, a world-renowned authority on Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, died on Feb. 2, in London, of .
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LONDON, England – David Seyfort Ruegg, a world-renowned authority on Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, died on Feb. 2, in London, of complications from Covid-19.
His interest in Buddhism originated with his mother, painter Aimee Seyfort, and her fascination with Eastern spirituality, as imbibed from Russian mentors during her fine arts training in Paris and later fostered in such New York venues as the Roerich Museum during the 20s and 30s. He also possessed a keen gift for modern and ancient languages, including the Sanskrit and Tibetan so essential to his research. He primarily studied in Paris in the 1950s and 60s, where his most influential teachers were Jean Filliozat and Louis Renou for Indology, and Marcelle Lalou and Rolf Stein for Tibetology. Ruegg developed a special talent for synthesizing new ideas based on those of his ment
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