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Tibetan: The Letter LA

Raven Cypress Wood wrote 5 days ago: The letter LA is the 26th letter of the Tibetan Alphabet.  Its energy is said to be like that of a b … more →

Tags: tibet, bon, Asian Studies

Heart Mantra Carved in Stone1 comment

Raven Cypress Wood wrote 2 weeks ago: This stone found at the base of a chorten at the Bön Buddhist Monastery of Triten Norbutse in Kathma … more →

Tags: Prayer and Ritual, sacred symbols, mantra, Asian Studies, Bon monastery, Sacred Places, yundrung bon

Tibetan: The Letter JA1 comment

Raven Cypress Wood wrote 1 month ago: The Letter JA is the seventh letter of the Tibetan alphabet.  It has an energy which is feminine.  I … more →

Tags: bon, sacred sound, yungdrung bon, Culture, spirituality, Asian Studies

The 13 “unlawful” behaviours in Malho According To Chinese authorities.1 comment

Cicci wrote 1 month ago: The list of 13 “unlawful” behaviours put together by Chinese authorities, warning Tibetans against i … more →

Tags: Dalai Lama, tibet, China, Self-Immolation, Tibetan people, Protest, chinese authorities, Prayer, Prayer Rituals

Tibetan: The Letter AH

Raven Cypress Wood wrote 2 months ago: The letter AH is the 30th and final letter of the Tibetan alphabet.  It is counted as both a vowel a … more →

Tags: Prayer and Ritual, Tibetan letters, Buddhism, bon, sacred sound, yungdrung bon

Time Pass1 comment

oliviaengel wrote 2 months ago: Tashi Delek! Restored Voice Project’s research phase is reaching its close, with only a little … more →

Tags: Cultural Anthropology, Public-Community, tibet, Tibetan Current Events and Activism, tibetan refugees, Women's Empowerment, Dharamsala, Dolma Ling, Geden Choeling

Tibetan: The Letter SA

Raven Cypress Wood wrote 2 months ago: The letter SA is the 28th letter in the Tibetan alphabet.  It’s energy is feminine.  It is als … more →

Tags: Buddhism, tibet, Sacred, bon, sacred sound, yungdrung bon, spirituality, Asian Studies

Spring on the Way2 comments

oliviaengel wrote 3 months ago: Restored Voice is entering into the last stretch of its field work phase.  Today the final damp, chi … more →

Tags: Cultural Anthropology, tibet, Women's Empowerment, tibetan refugees, Public-Community, Chinese Government, Tibetan Current Events and Activism, Tibetan refugees, tibetan nuns

Blue like the Clear, Open Sky

Raven Cypress Wood wrote 3 months ago: In the Bön Buddhist tradition, the color blue has great, meaningful significance.  Specifically, the … more →

Tags: Sacred Scriptures, Prayer and Ritual, Tibetan Culture & History, Tibetan Texts, Buddhism, tibet, Sacred, bon, Prayer

Tibetan: Da

Raven Cypress Wood wrote 3 months ago: The letter Da is the 11th letter in the Tibetan alphabet.  It has energy that is considered feminine … more →

Tags: Tibetan Culture & History, Buddhism, tibet, bon, tibetan history, sacred sound, yungdrung bon, Tibetan culture, Asian Studies

Vast Like an Ocean

Raven Cypress Wood wrote 3 months ago: The sacred teachings within the Nine Ways of Bön are so immense that they are said to be “vast … more →

Tags: Sacred Scriptures, Prayer and Ritual, Tibetan Texts, Buddhism, tibet, bon, Prayer, tibetan history, yungdrung bon

Less-Commonly Taught Languages and Music on Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Asia

languageomnivore wrote 3 months ago: Thanks to everyone who entered the origami raffle! The winner of Trash Origami, which teaches you ho … more →

Tags: Free Book Fridays, Farsi, Armenian language, Georgian language, Kazakh, Burmese language, lao, Khmer Language, Uyghur language

Tibetan: MA1 comment

Raven Cypress Wood wrote 3 months ago: The Tibetan letter MA is the 16th letter in the Tibetan alphabet.  It is said to have an energy that … more →

Tags: Buddhism, tibet, bon, sacred sound, yungdrung bon, Asian Studies

KA: First Tibetan Letter

Raven Cypress Wood wrote 4 months ago: The letter KA is the first letter of the Tibetan alphabet.  Although each letter has a precise way o … more →

Tags: Buddhism, tibet, Sacred, bon, yungdrung bon, Asian Studies

Golden Letters

Raven Cypress Wood wrote 4 months ago:    As an expression of respect for the scriptures,many texts were handwritten in gold. … more →

Tags: Sacred Scriptures, Tibetan Texts, Buddhism, tibet, Sacred, bon, yungdrung bon, mantra, spirituality

Old, Wrapped, Bön Scripture

Raven Cypress Wood wrote 4 months ago: … more →

Tags: Sacred Scriptures, Tibetan Texts, Buddhism, tibet, bon, wood blocks, Sacred Art, yungdrung bon, spirituality

Unwrapped Tibetan Scripture.

Raven Cypress Wood wrote 4 months ago: Tibetan Scriptures are traditionally wrapped in cloth. … more →

Tags: Sacred Scriptures, Tibetan Texts, Buddhism, tibet, bon, yungdrung bon, spirituality, Asian Studies, Religious Texts

In the News

oliviaengel wrote 9 months ago: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/detained-08222012154059.html ^ Radio Free Asia keeps us update … more →

Tags: tibet, tibetan refugees, Chinese Government, Tibetan Current Events and Activism, Tibetan Culture, Restored Voice Project, Radio Free Asia, Lhasa, Reporters Without Borders

More Inspired Than Ever

oliviaengel wrote 9 months ago: I read about two hundred stories in Seattle.  Many of the nuns had similar sentiments and experience … more →

Tags: Cultural Anthropology, tibet, Women's Empowerment, tibetan refugees, Public-Community, Chinese Government, Tibetan Current Events and Activism, Tibetan refugees, Tibetan Culture


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