What is Tibetology, the Indian Army is eyeing to counter China
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Updated: Thursday, January 28, 2021, 17:06 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 28: The Indian Army is fine tuning a proposal for its officers to study Tibetan history, language and culture on both sides of the Line of Actual Control and International Boundary.
This is part of the measures that are being discussed to counter the spread of influence by China.
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Known as Tibetology, this was first proposed in the Army Commanders conference in October and is currently being further analysed by the Shimla based Army Training Command (ARTRAC) on the instructions of Indian Army Chief, General M M Naravane.
ARTRAC has identified seven institutes that offer postgraduate courses in Tibetology where Army officers can go on “study leave”. It has also been recommended that officers can also be sent to these institutes for “small capsules” on Tibetology.
They are Department of Buddhist Studies (Delhi University), Central Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies (Varanasi), Nava Nalanda Mahavihara (Bihar), Visva Bharati (West Bengal), Dalai Lama Institute for Higher Education (Bengaluru), Namgyal Institute of Tibetology (Gangtok) and Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies (Dahung, Arunachal Pradesh).
Army officers are generally well-versed with Pakistan. But a similar expertise on China and the Chinese psyche is lacking. Officers who really understand China are very few in number. Tibetology fares even worse. These deficiencies need to be plugged
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Donna Quesada: So, in terms of your work with the Tibet House, which coincides with your work at Columbia University as part of the Indo-Tibetan Studies Program…
Robert Thurman Ph.D.: We have a center for Buddhist Studies at the Religion Dept. which is affiliated with Tibet House and with the American Buddhist studies there. Three organizations, but you don’t have to fuss with all of that.
DONNA: Okay. As I was saying and I’ll just say it again, now that we are at the proper volume it is a delight to talk with you! I thank you Robert Thurman for joining us. I think most people know you because of your long standing friendship with the Dalai Lama. I would like to go there first, if you don’t mind. I was reading about you and in preparation for this interview, I watched your Ted Talk. And I want to ask you some questions about that…but I started wondering about your own spiritual jour
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XUANZANG, the great Chinese Scholar and Traveller (602-664 AD) who visited the ancient Kingdom of Maharashtra and lived in present day Mumbai.. Image Source: IANS News
Mumbai, Jan 19 : The people of the ancient Maharashtra kingdom were very warm, friendly and helpful, with high self-esteem , observed the great Chinese Buddhist monk and wanderer Xuanzang, according to a new book.
The scholar Xuanzang (602-664 AD) travelled in classical India during the 7th century AD, spending around 12 years traversing the length and breadth of the country, according to the new treatise, Mumbai Beyond Bombay by historian, scholar and archaeologist Dr Suraj A. Pandit.