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Understanding the Tibetan Buddhist temple : a photographic study of Vajrayana shrine offerings
Title:
Understanding the Tibetan Buddhist temple : a photographic study of Vajrayana shrine offerings
Author:
Negru, John, 1951-, author.
ISBN:
9781896559070
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Nepean, ON, Canada : The Sumeru Press Inc., c2018.
Physical Description:
123 p. : col. ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
General Note:
"This small book is an annotated collection of photographs of statues, shrine fferings, paintings, and other objects at Karma Tekchen Zabsal Ling, a ajrayana Buddhist Temple in Aurora, Ontario. The temple is affiliated with he Thrangu lineage and is part of the Karma Kargyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. The photographs were taken over several sessions between 2008 and 2010. KTZL is under the auspices of HH the 17th Karmapa and it is also the home of Lama Tashi ondup, a man of great gentleness and generosity."--Foreword.
Contents:
A garland of precious offerings to enrich the mind -- The golden rosary of Karma Kargyu lineage holders -- The consecration of Dzambhala.
Abstract:
""Understanding the Tibetan Buddhist Temple" comprises 155 photographs of objects in the shrine room of a Tibetan Buddhist Temple in Aurora, Ontario, Canada. Each photograph is accompanied by an explanation of the object, its purpose and characteristics."--Provided by publisher.
Corporate Subject:
Field 805:
npmlib 南院 BQ6379.A972 K37 stc 10920413 11220260 (c.2)
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