tibetan literature and art
71Polo — For other uses, see Polo (disambiguation). Polo players Polo is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Sometimes called, The Sport of Kings , it was highly popularized by the British.… …
72Fourth Way — For P.D. Ouspensky s book titled The Fourth Way see Fourth Way (book). For the jazz group, see The Fourth Way (band). In his early lectures G.I. Gurdjieff described his approach to self development as a Fourth Way. [P.D. Ouspensky (1949), In… …
73Everest, Mount — Tibetan Chomolungma Nepali Sagarmatha Peak on the crest of the Himalayas, southern Asia. The highest point on Earth, with a summit at 29,035 ft (8,850 m), it lies on the border between Nepal and Tibet (China). Numerous attempts to climb Everest… …
74china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
75China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
76Vajrayana — Part of a series on Tibetan Buddhism …
77Buddhist texts — Chinese Song Period Maha prajna paramita Sutra Page, Nantoyōsō Collection, Japan Buddhist texts can be categorized in a number of ways. The Western terms scripture and canonical are applied to Buddhism in inconsistent ways by Western scholars:… …
78Buddhism — Buddh redirects here, for the Race Circuit, see Buddh International Circuit Standing Buddha. One of the earliest known representations of the Buddha, 1st 2nd century CE, Gandhara …
79Mindstream — Part of a series on Buddhism Outline · Portal History Timeline · Councils …
80Bibliography — As the scope of the dictionary entries and extent of this bibliography make clear, there is a huge range of literature on shamans, from introductory works, general discussions on such topics as definition, and culture specific ethnographic… …
