This book argues for the central role played by absorption in the functioning of the human mind. The importance of absorption makes itself felt in different ways; the two studies combined in this book concentrate on two of them. The first study, 'The Symbolic Mind', argues that, largely as a result of language acquisition, humans have two levels of cognition, which in normal circumstances are simultaneously active. Absorption is a (or the) means to circumvent some, perhaps all, of the associations that characterize one of these two levels of cognition, resulting in what is sometimes referred to as mysitcal experience, but which is not confined to mysticism and plays a role in various "religious" phenomena, and elsewhere. In the second st...
Publisher description: As David White explains in the Introduction to Tantra in Practice, Tantra is an Asian body of beliefs and practices that seeks to channel the divine energy that grounds the universe, in creative and liberating ways. The subsequent chapters reflect the wide geographical and temporal scope of Tantra by examining thirty-six texts from China, India, Japan, Nepal, and Tibet, ranging from the seventh century to the present day, and representing the full range of Tantric experience--Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, and even Islamic. Each text has been chosen and translated, often for the first time, by an international expert in the field who also provides detailed background material. Students of Asian religions and general reader...
The human voice is one of the principal conveyers of social and affective communication. Yet relatively little is known about the neural circuitry that supports the recognition of different vocally expressed emotions. We conducted an FMRI study to examine the brain responses to vocal expressions of anger and happiness, and to test whether specific brain regions showed preferential engagement in the processing of one emotion over the other. We also tested the extent to which simultaneously presented facial expressions of the same or different emotions would enhance brain responses, and to what degree such responses depend on attention towards the vocal expression. Forty healthy individuals were scanned while listening to vocal expressions...
A census report for Gansu Province, China.
This is the second issue of the Journal of the Tibet Society, published in 1982. Edited by Christopher I. Beckwith, the issue features articles by Michael M. Broido, Helmut Eimer, Dan Martin, and Elliot Sperling. (Ben Deitle 2005-12-16)
This issue of the the Bulletin of Tibetology was published in 1982 as a special issue in commemoration of the late 16th Gyalwa Karmapa. It features articles on the Karmapa and the Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Contributors include Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan, Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, Anukul Chandra Banerjee, Hugh Richardson, Bhajagovinda Ghosh, Ringu Tulku, Chimed Rinzing Lama, and Tashi Tshering. (Ben Deitle 2006-01-10)
This issue of the the Bulletin of Tibetology was published in 1982 and features articles by Anukul Chandra Banerjee, Manikuntala De, Nita Nirash, and Khenpo Lhodrö Zangpo (khen po blo gros bzang po). Also included are listings of publications and recent activities of the Sikkim Research Insistitute of Tibetology. (Ben Deitle 2006-01-10)
This issue of the the Bulletin of Tibetology was published in 1982 and features articles by Anukul Chandra Banerjee and Bhabatosh Chakraborty. Also included are listings of publications and recent activities of the Sikkim Research Insistitute of Tibetology. (Ben Deitle 2006-01-10)
This issue of the the Bulletin of Tibetology was published in 1982 and features articles by Anukul Chandra Banerjee, Bela Bhattacharya, and T.S. Chadha. Also included are listings of publications and recent activities of the Sikkim Research Insistitute of Tibetology. (Ben Deitle 2006-01-16)
This brief article traces a Ming mission to Tibet and Nepal in 1413 by looking at several primary sources. During the mission, the envoy, Hou Hsien, had audience with Tsongkhapa (tsong kha pa), in response to which the latter sent his disciple Shakya Yeshé (shAkya ye shes) to the Ming court. Hou Hsien also met with the 5th Karmapa, Deshin shegpa (de bzhin gshegs pa). (Ben Deitle 2006-01-25)
Below is the abstract from a study published in Nature magazine in 1982 by Herbert Benson and others on the Tibetan yogic practice of "inner heat" or Tummo (Tibetan: gtum mo). This was one of the first scientific studies which focused on the physiologic changes which accompany this practice. (Zach Rowinski 2005-01-11)
Author's Abstract: Since meditative practices are associated with changes that are consistent with decreased activity of the sympathetic nervous system, it is conceivable that measurable body temperature changes accompany advanced meditative states. With the help of H.H. the Dalai Lama, we have investigated such a possibility on three practitioners of the advanced Tibetan Buddhist meditational practice known as gTum-mo (heat) yoga living in Upper Dharamsala, India. We report here that in a study performed there in February 1981, we found that these subjects exhibited the capacity to increase the temperature of their fingers and toes by as much as 8.3?C.
This article explores the term sandhābhāṣa as used in the Hevajra-tantra by examining Indian and Tibetan commentaries that apply various principles of interpration of the tantra and the language used in it. Attention is given to texts on interpretation (bshad thabs). Terms discussed in the article include the Tibetan terms bshad thabs, dgongs skad, dgongs bshad, and the Sanskrit terms sandhā-bhāṣa and sandhyā-bhāṣitaṃ. (Ben Deitle 2006-01-25)
This article probes Tibetan sources of biographic material on Atiśa Dīpaṃkaraśrījñāna in order to determine the origin of this literary tradition and its development. The text titles given in the article form a helpful bibliography of Tibetan source material on Atiśa. (Ben Deitle 2006-01-25)
This article attempts to piece together the identities of several of Milarepa's teachers before his meeting with Marpa, including a reading teacher, two teachers of black magic, and a Dzokchen teacher. Martin finds that information on these figures is often inconclusive, contradictory, or not yet known to exist. (Ben Deitle 2006-01-25)
This article presents three letters, two of which are translated to English, written by Kadrung Nornang Wangdu tsering (bka' drung nor nang dbang du tshe ring), who held the position of Secretary of the Tibetan Cabinet (bka' shag) for many years. The letters were written in 1888 and deal with the Anglo-Tibetan confrontations that took place that year. Previously unpublished, they shed light on the political situation of Tibet and Bhutan, and British policy in the region at that time.Two of the letters were written by Kadrung Nornang, in his official capacity as secretary, to the Regent (sde srid) and Krong dpon of Bhutan respectively. The third text is a letter to a Mr. Nyendrong (snyan grong). In poetic verse, it gives an account of an Anglo-Tibetan skirmish in September of 1888. (Ben Deitle 2006-01-25)
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