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October 16, 2021 By Pamela Logan

Sacred Art of the Derge Printing House

Information in this post is drawn from published sources and Kham Aid Foundation archives. Background For nearly three centuries, the Derge Parkhang, or Printing House, (Tib: སྡེ་དགེ་པར་ཁང། Ch: Dege yinjing yuan 德格印经院) has served as a repository of Tibetan literary and religious culture like no … [Read more...] about Sacred Art of the Derge Printing House

Filed Under: conservation Tagged With: buddhist art, conservation, kham

February 12, 2021 By Pamela Logan

Lithang Monastery: Cycles of Destruction and Renewal (Part 2)

(See Part 1 here) The monastery in 1949 Lithang Monastery was preparing to enter the second half of the 20th century with its finances in good order, probably thanks to effective management of assets such as herds, a prosperous local community, and alliances with other Gelug monasteries that … [Read more...] about Lithang Monastery: Cycles of Destruction and Renewal (Part 2)

Filed Under: history Tagged With: history, kham, letang, litang, Lithang, monastery, tibet

January 9, 2021 By Pamela Logan

Lithang Monastery: Cycles of Destruction and Renewal (Part 1)

Note to Readers Lithang Monastery is formally known as Ganden Thubchen Choekhorling.  The original Tibetan is བྱམས་ཆེན་ཆོས་སྐོར་གླིང་།which is “ga' ldan thub chen chos 'khor gling” in Wylie transcription and 长青春科尔寺 (Changqingchun Ke’er Si) in simplified Chinese.  It is also sometimes called Lithang … [Read more...] about Lithang Monastery: Cycles of Destruction and Renewal (Part 1)

Filed Under: history Tagged With: history, kham, letang, litang, Lithang, monastery, tibet

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