The Life and Work of Auleshi: Sherpa Buddhist Artist and Adept, 9789937624350

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The Life and Work of Auleshi: Sherpa Buddhist Artist and Adept

Ngawang Tengye (Author) Hugh R. Downs (Author) Matthew T. Kapstein (Author) Ors. (Author)

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Contents: Preface. A Note on conventions. 1. Living in solitude, a memoir of Auleshi/Hugh R. Downs. 2. The coming of age of Sherpa Buddhism/Matthew T. Kapstein. 3. The life of Auleshi/ Ngawang Tengye, translated by Tib Shelf. 4. A Joyous and pure upland ridge/Trulzhik Rinpoche. 5. Advice to the Yogis of Solu-Khumbu/Drakar Choki Wangchuk. Tibetan text of the life of Auleshi/ Ngawang Tengye. Spellings of Tibetan names and terms. References. Aualeshi the artist: a selection of murals, paintings and drawings.

The book includes a brief history of Buddhism among the Sherpa, with new information gleaned from Tibetan written sources, the biography of Auleshi (1913-1983), in both Tibetan and annotated English translation, and and a selection of reproductions of his paintings and drawings.

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About the author

Matthew T. Kapstein

Matthew T. Kapstein, a renowned scholar of Buddhist studies, is Numata Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Chicago and Director of Tibetan Studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Eyudes, Paris. He is the author of The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism: Conversion, Contestation, and Memory (2000).

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