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Inner Mongolia
Refugee Review Tribunal AUSTRALIA RRT RESEARCH RESPONSE Research Response Number: CHN30730 Country: China Date: 13 October 2006 Keywords: CHN30730 – Tibetan Buddhism – Government Treatment – Inner Mongolia This response was prepared by the Country Research Section of the Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT) after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the RRT within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Questions 1. Please provide some background information on this Huang Jiao group. 2. Please provide information on the Chinese government’s treatment of this group, especially in Mongolia. RESPONSE 1. Please provide some background information on this Huang Jiao group. The file indicates that the applicant is from Tongliao, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The applicant claims to practice a religion from Tibet similar to Buddhism. According to the US Department of State, most ethnic Mongolians practice Tibetan Buddhism (US Department of State 2006, International Religious Freedom Report 2006 – China, 15 September, Section 1 – Attachment 1). Huang Jiao means yellow religion in Chinese. One reference to huang jiao was found amongst the sources consulted. The article published in The Drama Review in 1989 reports that huang jiao is the yellow sect of Tibetan Buddhism (Liuyi, Qu et al 1989, ‘The Yi: Human Evolution Theatre’, The Drama Review, Vol 33, No 3, Autumn, p.105 – Attachment 2). The yellow sect of Tibetan Buddhism is more commonly known as Gelug but is also known as Geluk, Gelugpa, Gelukpa, Gelug pa, Geluk pa and the Yellow Hat sect. -
AN Introduction to MUSIC to DELIGHT ALL the SAGES, the MEDICAL HISTORY of DRAKKAR TASO TRULKU CHOKYI WANGCRUK (1775-1837)’
I AN iNTRODUCTION TO MUSIC TO DELIGHT ALL THE SAGES, THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF DRAKKAR TASO TRULKU CHOKYI WANGCRUK (1775-1837)’ STACEY VAN VLEET, Columbia University On the auspicious occasion of theft 50th anniversary celebration, the Dharamsala Men-tsee-khang published a previously unavailable manuscript entitled A Briefly Stated framework ofInstructions for the Glorious field of Medicine: Music to Delight All the Sages.2 Part of the genre associated with polemics on the origin and development of medicine (khog ‘bubs or khog ‘bugs), this text — hereafter referred to as Music to Delight All the Sages — was written between 1816-17 in Kyirong by Drakkar Taso Truilcu Chokyi Wangchuk (1775-1837). Since available medical history texts are rare, this one represents a new source of great interest documenting the dynamism of Tibetan medicine between the 1 $th and early 19th centuries, a lesser-known period in the history of medicine in Tibet. Music to Delight All the Sages presents a historical argument concerned with reconciling the author’s various received medical lineages and traditions. Some 1 This article is drawn from a more extensive treatment of this and related W” and 1 9th century medical histories in my forthcoming Ph.D. dissertation. I would like to express my deep gratitude to Tashi Tsering of the Amnye Machen Institute for sharing a copy of the handwritten manuscript of Music to Delight All the Sages with me and for his encouragement and assistance of this work over its duration. This publication was made possible by support from the Social Science Research Council’s International Dissertation Research Fellowship, with funds provided by the Andrew W. -
An Examination of the Possibility of Persian Influence on the Tibetan Bon Religion
W&M ScholarWorks Undergraduate Honors Theses Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 5-2010 From a Land in the West: An Examination of the Possibility of Persian Influence on the Tibetan Bon Religion Jeremy Ronald McMahan College of William and Mary Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses Part of the Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons Recommended Citation McMahan, Jeremy Ronald, "From a Land in the West: An Examination of the Possibility of Persian Influence on the Tibetan Bon Religion" (2010). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 715. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/715 This Honors Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Undergraduate Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. From a Land in the West: An Examination of the Possibility of Persian Influence on the Tibetan Bon Religion A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Bachelors of Arts in Religious Studies from The College of William and Mary by Jeremy Ronald McMahan Accepted for ___________________________________ (Honors, High Honors, Highest Honors) ________________________________________ Kevin Vose, Director ________________________________________ Chrystie Swiney ________________________________________ Melissa Kerin Williamsburg, VA April 27, 2010 1 Introduction Since coming to light during the 19th and 20th centuries, Bon, Tibet's “other” religion, has consistently posed a problem for Western scholarship. Claiming to be the original religion of Tibet, to the untrained eye Bon looks exactly like Tibetan Buddhism. -
The Systematic Dynamics of Guru Yoga in Euro-North American Gelug-Pa Formations
University of Calgary PRISM: University of Calgary's Digital Repository Graduate Studies The Vault: Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2012-09-13 The systematic dynamics of guru yoga in euro-north american gelug-pa formations Emory-Moore, Christopher Emory-Moore, C. (2012). The systematic dynamics of guru yoga in euro-north american gelug-pa formations (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28396 http://hdl.handle.net/11023/191 master thesis University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. Downloaded from PRISM: https://prism.ucalgary.ca UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY The Systematic Dynamics of Guru Yoga in Euro-North American Gelug-pa Formations by Christopher Emory-Moore A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES CALGARY, ALBERTA SEPTEMBER, 2012 © Christopher Emory-Moore 2012 Abstract This thesis explores the adaptation of the Tibetan Buddhist guru/disciple relation by Euro-North American communities and argues that its praxis is that of a self-motivated disciple’s devotion to a perceptibly selfless guru. Chapter one provides a reception genealogy of the Tibetan guru/disciple relation in Western scholarship, followed by historical-anthropological descriptions of its practice reception in both Tibetan and Euro-North American formations. -
Sakya Thinkers on the Madhyamaka View of Freedom from Proliferations Yaroslav Komarovski University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [email protected]
University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Faculty Publications, Classics and Religious Studies Classics and Religious Studies Department 2016 “If Apprehending Occurs, It is not the View” — Sakya Thinkers on the Madhyamaka View of Freedom from Proliferations Yaroslav Komarovski University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/classicsfacpub Part of the East Asian Languages and Societies Commons, History of Philosophy Commons, Other Classics Commons, Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures Commons, Philosophy of Mind Commons, and the South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies Commons Komarovski, Yaroslav, "“If Apprehending Occurs, It is not the View” — Sakya Thinkers on the Madhyamaka View of Freedom from Proliferations" (2016). Faculty Publications, Classics and Religious Studies Department. 130. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/classicsfacpub/130 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Classics and Religious Studies at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications, Classics and Religious Studies Department by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. ㅌ 불교학 리 뷰 Critical Review Critical 불교학 for Review Buddhist for Studies Buddhist 리 뷰 Studies 20 2016 |투고논문| ① Reframing Bhavivekaˉ : Jundo Nagashima ② Madhyamaka Schools in Early Tibet : Kevin Vose ③ The Meaning of rigs shes in the Geluk Tradition : Jongbok -
The Mongol Khans and Chinese Buddhism and Taoism, by Sechin Jagchid 2
THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUDDHIST STUDIES EDITOR-IN-CHIEF A. K. Narain University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA EDITORS Heinz Bechert Leon Hurvitz Universitat Gottingen FRG University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada Lewis Lancaster A. W. MacDonald University of California, Berkeley, USA Universiti de Paris X, Nanterre, France B. J. Stavisky Alex Wayman WCNILKR, Moscow, USSR Columbia University, New York, USA ASSOCIATE EDITOR Stephen Beyer University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA Volume 2 1979 Number 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. ARTICLES 1. The Mongol Khans and Chinese Buddhism and Taoism, by Sechin Jagchid 2. From Madhyamika to Yogacara, an Analysis of MMK, XXIV. 18 and MV, 1.1-2, by Gadjin m. Nagao 3. Dynamic Liberation in Yogacara Buddhism, by Alan Sponberg 4. Yogacara and the Buddhist Logicians, by Alex Wayman II. SHORT PAPERS 1. Sambodhi in ASoka's 8th Rock Edict, by A. L. Basham 81 2. Can Meditational Practice be Measured? A Report on a Quantitative Survey, by Jacques Maquet 84 3. Nirvana and Metaphysical Experience, by Ismael Quiles 91 III. BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTICES Reviews: 1. World Conqueror and World Renouncer, by S.J. Tambiah 99 2. Comparative Ethics in Hindu and Buddhist Traditions, by Roderick Hindery. 103 3. Mahayana Buddhist Meditation: Theory and Practice, by Minoru Kiyota, assisted by Elvin W. Jones 106 4. Chandi Borobudur: A Monument of Mankind, by Dr. Soekmono 108 Obituary: 1. Paul Demieville, by Alexander W. Macdonald 110 THE MONGOL KHANS AND CHINESE BUDDHISM AND TAOISM by Sechin Jagchid Before the Mongols made any contact with peoples of other cultures, their religion was Shamanism, a faith common among the nomads of North Asia. -
Mao in Tibetan Disguise History, Ethnography, and Excess
2012 | HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 2 (1): 213–245 Mao in Tibetan disguise History, ethnography, and excess Carole MCGRANAHAN, University of Colorado What Does ethnographic theory look like in Dialogue with historical anthropology? Or, what Does that theory contribute to a Discussion of Tibetan images of Mao ZeDong? In this article, I present a renegaDe history told by a Tibetan in exile that Disguises Mao in Tibetan Dress as part of his journeys on the Long March in the 1930s. BeyonD assessing its histori- cal veracity, I consider the social truths, cultural logics, and political claims embeDDeD in this history as examples of the productive excesses inherent in anD generateD by conceptual Disjunctures. KeyworDs: History, Tibet, Mao, Disjuncture, excess In the back room of an antique store in Kathmandu, I heard an unusual story on a summer day in 1994. Narrated by Sherap, the Tibetan man in his 50s who owned the store, it was about when Mao Zedong came to Tibet as part of the communist Long March through China in the 1930s in retreat from advancing Kuomintang (KMT) troops.1 “Mao and Zhu [De],” he said, “were together on the Long March. They came from Yunnan through Lithang and Nyarong, anD then to a place calleD Dapo on the banks of a river, anD from there on to my hometown, Rombatsa. Rombatsa is the site of Dhargye Gonpa [monastery], which is known for always fighting with the Chinese. Many of the Chinese DieD of starvation, anD they haD only grass shoes to wear. Earlier, the Chinese haD DestroyeD lots of Tibetan monasteries. -
8 from Geographical Periphery to Conceptual Centre: the Travels of Ngagchang Shakya Zangpo and the Discovery of Hyolmo Identity
Davide Torri 8 From Geographical Periphery to Conceptual Centre: The Travels of Ngagchang Shakya Zangpo and the Discovery of Hyolmo Identity This chapter will explore and analyze dynamics of cultural production in a particular context, the Helambu valley (Nepal). The valley is home to the Hyolmo, a Nepalese minority of Tibetan origin, whose culture seems to have been shaped by the particular agency, within a sacred geography (Yolmo Gangra), of a specific class of cultural agents, namely the so-called reincarnated lamas and treasure discoverers. One of them, in particular, could be considered the cultural hero par excellence of the Hyolmo due to his role in establishing and maintaining long lasting relationships between distant power places, and to his spiritual charisma. His legacy still lives on among the people of Helambu, and his person is still revered as the great master who opened the outer, inner, and secret doors of the Yolmo Gangra. The role of treasure discov- erers – or tertön (gter ston)1 – in the spread of Buddhism across the Himalayas is related to particular conceptions regarding the landscape and especially to the key-theme of the “hidden lands” or beyul (sbas yul). But the bonds linking a community to its territory are not simply an historical by-product. As in the case of the Hyolmo, the relationship between people, landscape, and memory is one of the main features of the identity-construction processes that constitute one of the most relevant elements of contemporary Nepalese politics. 1 Tibetan names and expressions are given in phonetic transcription, with a transliteration ac- cording to the Wylie system added in brackets after their first occurrence (or after a slash when entirely inside brackets). -
The Mandala As a Cosmic Model: Integrating Temple Architecture Within the Tibetan Buddhist Landscape
92nd ACSA ANNUAL MEETING MIAMI FL MARCH 18-21, 2004 143 The Mandala as a Cosmic Model: Integrating Temple Architecture within the Tibetan Buddhist Landscape PING XU University of Colorado at Denver Key n ords: in Inner Rlongolia in China. Also. there are increasing numbers of belie\erb in 3orth America and Bestern Europe. mandala cos~nicmodel 9 mbolisni micro to macro scale In Tibet. el eq citj . tov n. 1 illage. and el en ex erq home has its spatial organization circumambulation own temple. \\hich pro~idesa focus for the social and spiritual integration temple architecture lifr of the Tibetan communitj. Tibet once had oxer 6000 Tibetan Buddhist landscape temples. E\ erj i~nportanthistorical el ent. often linked to a religious re~olution.left hehind a great temple as an historical mark. Fanlous temples ere concentrated in Tibet. but many \$ere also located in the surrounding regions: Gansu. Qinghai. INTRODUCTIOX Sichuan. and Jongnan Prolinces. Farther off. manj famous temples Mere located in Inner Zlongolia. Beijing. and Chengde. The mandala as a Buddhist cosmic model of oiganizing the spiritual \+orldhas receixed great attention worldnide. especial- The wide distribution of Tibetan temples throughout China mas 1) for its iole in Tibetan Buddhist practices and its s!mbolism in the result of historical arid political factors. During the Yan religious architecture. Surprisinglj . among the \ olumes written Dynast! (1271-1368 AD). the emperors, u ho Mere descendents about the mandala. fen stress the integration of temple of Genghis Khan of Mongolia. adopted Tibetan Buddhism as architectuie mith its surrounding landscape. Emphasizing the the national religion of China. -
Religion and Nationalism in Chinese Societies
RELIGION AND SOCIETY IN ASIA Kuo (ed.) Kuo Religion and Nationalism in Chinese Societies Edited by Cheng-tian Kuo Religion and Nationalism in Chinese Societies Religion and Nationalism in Chinese Societies Religion and Society in Asia The Religion and Society in Asia series presents state-of-the-art cross-disciplinary academic research on colonial, postcolonial and contemporary entanglements between the socio-political and the religious, including the politics of religion, throughout Asian societies. It thus explores how tenets of faith, ritual practices and religious authorities directly and indirectly impact on local moral geographies, identity politics, political parties, civil society organizations, economic interests, and the law. It brings into view how tenets of faith, ritual practices and religious authorities are in turn configured according to socio-political, economic as well as security interests. The series provides brand new comparative material on how notions of self and other as well as justice and the commonweal have been predicated upon ‘the religious’ in Asia since the colonial/imperialist period until today. Series Editors Martin Ramstedt, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle Stefania Travagnin, University of Groningen Religion and Nationalism in Chinese Societies Edited by Cheng-tian Kuo Amsterdam University Press This book is sponsored by the 2017 Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (Taiwan; SP002-D-16) and co-sponsored by the International Institute of Asian Studies (the Netherlands). Cover illustration: Chairman Mao Memorial Hall in Beijing © Cheng-tian Kuo Cover design: Coördesign, Leiden Typesetting: Crius Group, Hulshout Amsterdam University Press English-language titles are distributed in the US and Canada by the University of Chicago Press. -
('Phrul 'Khor): Ancient Tibetan Yogic Practices from the Bon Religion and Their Migration Into Contemporary Medical Settings1
BRILL Asian Medicine 3 (2007) 130-155 www.brill.nl/asme Magical Movement ('Phrul 'Khor): Ancient Tibetan Yogic Practices from the Bon Religion and their Migration into Contemporary Medical Settings1 M.A.Chaoul Abstract Magical movement is a distinctive Tibetan yogic practice in which breath and concentration of the mind are integrated as crucial components in conjunction with particular body move ments. Present in all five spiritual traditions of Tibet-though more prevalent in some than in others-it has been part of Tibetan spiritual training since at least the tenth century CE. This report describes some varieties of magical movement, and goes on to examine their application within conventional biomedical settings. In particular, a pilot study of the method's utility in stress-reduction among cancer patients is considered. Keywords Tibet, Bon, magical movement, mind-body practices, integrative medicine, meditation, cancer, rtsa rlung, 'phrul 'khor, Tibetan Yoga Focusing on the magical movement from the ancient Bon Great Complete ness or Dzogchen (rdzogs chen) tradition's Oral Transmission ofZhang Zhung (Zhang zhung snyan rgyud) 2 and its contemporary representatives and lineage- 1 Written in part on the anniversary ofTonpa Shenrab's passing away and enlightenment. 2 Chandra and Namdak 1968. The magical movement chapter is the 'Quintessential Instruc tions of the Oral Wisdom of Magical Movements' ('phrul 'khor zhal shes man ngag, hereafter Quintessential Imtructiom), pp. 631--43. Usually translated as 'Oral Transmission' and lately too as 'Aural Transmission' (Kvaerne 1996, and following him, Rossi 1999). Although I am using 'oral transmission' for snyan rgyud, I find 'aural' or 'listening' to be more accurate renderings of snyan. -
MOTHER TARA Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Buddhist Meditation and Healing Centre Rinpoche
HMT is affiliated with the Foundation HOSPICE of for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition founded in 1975 by two Tibetan Lamas, Lama MOTHER TARA Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Buddhist Meditation and Healing Centre Rinpoche. 18 Clifton Street Bunbury WA 6230 t: 9791 9798 w: www.hmt.org.au e: [email protected] July - September 2015 Update From the Nepal Earthquake By Venerable Roger Kunsang, May 2015, Edited by Fran Steele. Firstly, I would like to extend a very big THANK this is the short- and long- YOU to everyone for moving on this emergency term strategy of how we relief effort so quickly by offering to the Nepal can help. Earthquake Support Fund, (http://my.fpmt.org/ donate/socialservicesfund) which we set up Short-Term and Immediate through the FPMT International Office. It has Needs already meant a lot to so many villages. This We have the short-term and has made a HUGE difference. When you are immediate urgent needs freezing cold, have no home, are out in the of the people in mind. This open, in the mountains with hardly any food is food, water, medicine and water left – even for these very hearty and shelter. We are trying people – it is too much. to support the efforts of There are dead people around you: people you the local people to look once knew, some close relatives, your mother, after themselves as the aid etc. Then having to deal with the ground still coming in from overseas shaking from time to time and not knowing if it isn’t reaching them in the will get stronger or just pass.