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NEWSLETTER & CATALOG BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID ITHACA, NY 14851 Permit No. 746 Deliver to current resident SNOW LION PUBLICATIONS SNOW LION PUBLICATIONS PO BOX 6483, ITHACA, NY 14851, (607)-273-8506 SPRING 87 CATALOG & NEWSLETTER ALTAR OF THE OUR PURPOSE Snow Lion Publications has EARTH been established to help further and protect Tibet's great religious and philosophic traditions. While Peter Gold was recently in this rich cultural heritage is Tibet where he wrote a new book threatened within Tibet itself, its for us. He also shot many great importance is being recognized photos which will be used in the with increasing enthusiasm in the book and on new postcards of West. Tibet. Altar of the Earth takes us Our goals are to provide hand- on a vivid journey into the majestic some, relevant and informative environment, ways of life and books for the general reader, as matters of the spirit in today's well as authoritative, scholarly Tibet. He has included in his presentations and translations of engagingly written essays and seminal texts within the complete images the most important sacred Tibetan meditation and scholastic and natural places, events and tradition. All Snow Lion Publi- ways of life—those things travelers cations are translated with thorough- will very likely see but not fully ness and precision by highly quali- comprehend from the guidebooks. fied scholar-translators working in A lot of attention is also given to conjunction with lamas recognized Tibetan art, dance, and song. We for their special understanding of expect this book to be available each text. The English renderings in June. Peter is an excellent are true to the originals in letter writer and Altar of the Earth will and spirit. delight any reader interested in In addition to publishing and Tibet. Here is a sample of the distributing philosophic and re- contents and a "hot-off-the-press" ligious works, we offer books on excerpt from the book: Tibetan medicine, art, history, CONTENTS: PART III, biography and language, and repro- Through the Heartland- ductions of authentic and inspira- Gyangtse, Shigatse and Sakya tional art work such as cards, Place and People posters and calendars. The Lake of Clear Light To ensure a representative selec- The Spirit of Tibet tion of books for practitioners and A Taste of the Earth scholars from all four sects of The River and 1 Tibetan Buddhism, and provide Invasion of the Booty Snatchers Tibetan Ladies Singing Photo: Peter Gold the most comprehensive resource Spirit for those interested in Tibetan One Hundred Thousand Paths to The crow's cry of the reed Their open, reedy voices are au culture, we appreciate working a Buddha shawms, the tintinabulating nature!: not the studied, high BUDDHIST with and receiving manuscripts pitched litanies of Tibetan opera The God Must be Pleased cymbals, the drums' earthy throbs, from lamas and teachers of all are precise, profound, intense singers or the mesmeric, earth- A Fierce Legacy WOMEN'S sects and from Western scholars Time Will Tell and, to some, even brash. But shaking growls of the monks. and practitioners. As you will see Tashilungpo their few tones and subtle rhythms Simply natural sounds from ACTIVITIES from our catalogue, we distribute Where goddess and Buddha Dwell succeed in carrying one into a natural people, doing what comes a great number of excellent and naturally. A Stitch in Time universe of divine beings. One is We recently received an inter- hard-to-find texts from many dif- Phantoms in the Sunlight borne on sonorous wings to their By chancing to sit between the esting newsletter from Thailand ferent sources. We are also looking A Bright Darkness temples, floating on lotus-shaped two I have come to appreciate the that gives information on for other books, pamphlets, sad- Sakya clouds atop an awesome cosmic full range of what is to be Buddhist women's acivities and hanas, visual dharma, etc.—so if Spirit of the Gray Earth mountain. It's a place even well Tibetan. It goes from an earthy, studies from various countries you can recommend items for us above Lhasa, the Place of the open-hearted, "whistle while you around the world. It also serves to offer to our international audi- THE SOUNDING OF TIBET Gods here on the Altar of the work" approach to living to deeply as a centre of communications ence of Dharma practitioners and among Buddhist women and How different the sounds, but Earth. introspective and serious sound- scholars, we would appreciate how equally primal. And how But there are other sounds that ings in the service of the spirit. It's people interested in Buddhist hearing from you. basic to a total way of life. simultaneously carry the attention a way of satisfying the needs women's activities in different From the second storey of the to differing heights. Unlike the ofthe world without, while inspir- parts of the world. If you would Jokhang, Tibet's most sacred monastic sounds that bear one to ing the spirit within. like to receive this quarterly news- temple, one can hear it all in a rainbow-lit temples of divinities letter write to: Newsletter on Arts, Thammasat University, sacred and secular symphony (and, equally, their places within International Buddhist Women's Bangkok 10200, Thailand. Sub- combined. our minds), these sounds point to Activities, c/o Dr. Chatsumarn scription rates are $6 for west- Just now, in the courtyard a spot scarcely a few meters BUDDHIST Kabilsingh, Faculty of Liberal erners. below, the tinkles of the hand- above me. held drilbu bells fire the empty A detail of Tibetan women are PILGRIMAGE space-like successive waves of the dancing and singing while they Zasep Tulku Rinpoche is lead- sea washing against lonely work. They are making a new ing a pilgrimage to places in India NEEDED-PHOTOS OF TIBETAN beaches. Or, are they wind chimes roof for the Jokhang's third and that are sacred to all Buddhists. set into frenzied motion by the topmost storey. Like all Tibetan- From the Buddha's birthplace to CULTURE same hurricane's gale? style earthen roofs this one needs Deer Park, Bodh Gaya, and A few minutes ago the echoing to be tamped down in order to Kushinigar, this one-month trip Snow Lion is searching for high- nomads and pilgrims—or any sounds, given life by the monks, resist the effects of the weather. with Rinpoche will be very enjoy- quality photos of Tibet and great shot. Snow Lion pays were less meditative, more power- With stout tamping rods able and educational. The pilgrim- Tibetan culture for use on book standard fees and royalites for ful. They were calling up an (wooden sticks with circular discs age begins Oct. 29 from Toronto covers, postcards, posters, etc. use of the photos. If possible, appropriate mental state asso- of. stone, affixed at the bottom and returns on Nov. 22. Approx- Professional and amateur photo- send us duplicates of your best ciated with the particular tantric ends), they tamp the roof down. imate cost will be $3000. If you graphers have been supplying us slides. We will keep them on file divinity being invoked in the day- And as they tamp they stamp are interested in this tour, please with photos but we need many and contact you when we decide long shapten, a ceremony on their feet. They dance a dance in contact Gaden Choling, 637 more. We really need images of to use them for a specific appli- behalf of the family sitting work-time, to the accompaniment Christie St., Toronto, Ontario, monasteries, monks, ceremonies, cation. patiently in attendance. and exhortation of lovely tunes. Canada M6G 3E6, 416-651-3849. people from Kham and Amdo, NEWS & PROFILES WHAT'S NEW AT H.H SAKYA TRIZIN WILL GIVE SNOWUON? LAM-'BRAS TEACHING In an effort to provide you with better service, we have re- The Lam-'Bras (Path and "non-differentiation of samsara cently computerized our order Result) teaching is the central and and nirvana", which is the special fulfillment process. This will take distinguishing feature of the view of the Sakya Order, and the out some of the kinks in invoicing Sakyapas. Based on the Hevajra equivalent of the Nyingmapa and stock management and should Tantra, the Lam Dre is a compre- Dzogchen or the Kagyupa noticably improve our handling hensive system that embraces the Mahamudra. This view directs of backorders. We have also entire range of Mahayana and the practitioner's mind to the increased our office staff by Vajrayana Buddhist practice. A ultimate reality of Buddhahood hiring Yvonne Segal-Piburn and special characteristic of the Lam that is beyond conceptualization Andrew Bloomfield. Yvonne is Dre is that a practitioner needs and is the end of ignorance and returning to Snow Lion—she has no other teaching to attain suffering. diverse experience in many aspects Buddhahood, once having re- The teaching given by His of the business. Andrew worked ceived this profound instruction. Holiness on this occasion will as a buyer at the East-West The Indian Mahasiddha Virupa take about two months (May & Bookstore, has spent two years received this teaching directly from June) and will consist of a sutra in Nepal,and is also co-author of Nairatmyayogini, consort of lasting three weeks and a tantra our Tibetan Phrasebook due to Hevajra, and it passed to Tibet part which will have a Shri through four Indian masters in Hevajra commitment. To register appear soon. the "long transmission" and more and/or for more information, This is our third newspaper/ directly from Virupa to Sachen wirte to: Sakya International catalog.
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