Andrew Quintman
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Buddhism in Tibet & Himalaya | Religion Dept @ Wesleyan U | The Yogin & the Madman | The Life of Milarepa | http://journaloftibetanliterature.org | http://lifeofthebuddha.org | www.andrewquintman.com | #TibetanStudies #BuddhistStudies #seakayaking
In the final formal presentation of the conference, Lewis Doney brings early Tibet back to the study of religion.
May 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
In the final formal presentation of the conference, Lewis Doney brings early Tibet back to the study of religion.
Keynote lecture by Matthew Kapstein
“Wisdom and Tradition in Imperial Tibet: Apropos of Gtsug lag once more”
“Wisdom and Tradition in Imperial Tibet: Apropos of Gtsug lag once more”
May 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Keynote lecture by Matthew Kapstein
“Wisdom and Tradition in Imperial Tibet: Apropos of Gtsug lag once more”
“Wisdom and Tradition in Imperial Tibet: Apropos of Gtsug lag once more”
This cracked me up: “we thought abt donating them to Buddhist groups but decided it was more fair to sell them to Buddhists instead…”
![The film-maker, who wrote a piece for Sotheby's about his family's custodianship of the gems, said they had considered donating them to temples and museums but this proved to be problematic. "An auction [in Hong Kong] seems the fairest and most transparent way to transfer these relics to Buddhists and we are confident that Sotheby's will achieve that," he added.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gtfglglzpt6sz2txgifwwukz/bafkreicrj7aopsjxrjd2umtx4sqhaknmozbgulgzo2sb5gzk4oe3duyb4i@jpeg)
May 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This cracked me up: “we thought abt donating them to Buddhist groups but decided it was more fair to sell them to Buddhists instead…”
this was the second thing
May 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
this was the second thing
"Gutenberg woodblock" is not a phrase I had imagined
April 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Gutenberg woodblock" is not a phrase I had imagined