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- Tibetan Prayer Box Pendants A ghau, also known as a Prayer Box, is a small silver and gemstone pendant within which small sacred items, such as turquoise (believed to ward off evil), miniature scrolls or sacred texts, or Tibetan incense is kept. Traditionally, Tibetans use Gha...
- Legendary Shangri La In 1933 British novelist James Hilton wrote a book called Lost Horizon, which was about a group of travellers who got lost in a place that Mr Hilton described as a place of eternity, peace and tranquility, an idyllic world of imposing snow mountains,...
- Images of China Mark Amy Photography presents stunning images from all around China. With galleries ranging from the well-known major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, to the less less well-known places such as Huangshan and Sanya, and the legendary, but much les...
- Making Buddhas: Tibetan Silk Applique This lens will introduce the rare and precious art of Tibetan applique thangkas, explain its history and techniques, and encourage further research into this little-known sacred art form. Sacred and inspiring Buddhist images rendered in precious sil...
- Yongdzin Rinpoche- Famous Tibetan Monk Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, senior teacher of the Bon tradition, was forced to leave his homeland when the Chinese invaded Tibet in the late 1950s. He later established the Triten Norbutse Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal to carry on the Bon Buddhi...
- Harmonic Singing: Your Voice is a Rainbow I have held a long time interest and fascination with Overtone chanting or Harmonic singing. It is an ancient method of using the voice that still is relevant for this time. I will explore the different aspects such as: cultures, te...
- Kumari The life of a Kumari begins and ends with the first day of being crowned and the last day spent in painful loneliness in the dim-lit corridors of a palace with whispering attendants. A child when selected, and scorned after she enters puberty, Kumari...
- Ghau Pendants Ghau (also known as Gao, Gau, and Prayer Box) is a small prayer box used traditionally by Tibetan Buddhists as portable shrines where prayers and sacred relics are kept and used during their travel to hold their sacred deity inside. Now, "p...
- Top Five Highlights in Sichuan, China Sichuan Providence, China is well-known for its spicy cuisine, panda breading center, and, more recently, the devastating 2008 earthquake. However, most tourists are so busy visiting the well-know sights, that some off road trips are often passed. Th...
- A Jewish Mother In Shangri-La So what if I wake one morning and my adult child has his own (very different) life. Any parent whose children are no longer children, occasionally marvels at the unique person they see in the person of their adult child. In the book, A Jewish Mother...
- Tibet Video Showcase I created this lens as a "sister" lens to Tibet, Nepal & South Asia to further explore and share all kinds of information about that wonderful part of the world. If you are looking for audio books, printed books, or electronic books about or by His...
- The Tibetan Language The struggle for Tibet's political freedom and the fame of the Dalai Lama, often obscures many basic facts about the Tibetan language and Tibet. The Tibetan language is a member of the Tibeto-Burman sub-group of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages....
- What is a Shaman? Many different cultures utilize the shaman as a spiritual leader and bridge between the physical world and the spiritual world. This is a based description of the shaman role and their connection with nature.
- About Tibet Tibet is a destination of almost mythic proportions. Here is some fun family oriented info about it.
- Asian Culture - Own A Piece of Asian History Ebay makes it easy to earn some extra cash from home.
