Marcia R. Lieberman*, Lama Ngawang Jorden**,
and Philip Lieberman*

* Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
** University of Chicago

CONTENTS

Tibetan Prayer

1. Chanted by Lama Ngawang Jorden (1MB wav file)
2. Text in Tibetan Script (gif file)
3. English Translation of Prayer

Text:

1. Introduction
   
2. Mustang: Land; Brief History; Culture
3. Brief Introduction to Basic Concepts of Tibetan Buddhism
4. Tibetan Art
5. A List of Common Symbols Used in Tibetan Art
6. Jampa, Thubchen, and Luri Gompas
7. Appendix A: Jampa Mandalas
8. Appendix B: Inscriptions
9. Acknowledgments
10. Selected Bibliography
11. Contact Information

Photographs:

  I) Going to Lo Monthang

 II) Paintings of Jampa Gompa, Lo Monthang

III) Paintings of Thubchen Gompa, Lo Monthang

IV) Paintings of Luri Gompa

ASCII Text Files: 
  The following webpage content is available in ASCII text format
  in the txtfiles directory.

• Introduction
• Brief Introduction to Basic Concepts of Tibetan Buddhism
• Tibetan Art
• A List of Common Symbols Used in Tibetan Art
• Jampa, Thubchen, and Luri Gompas
• Appendix B: Inscriptions

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A DVD of this Web site with high resolution TIF files of all the images is available for $12 plus shipping from the Brown University Bookstore. The King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation and Village Development Committee of Lo Monthang agreed to make these images freely available to scholars and students of Tibetan Buddhism for non-commercial purposes. The photographs were taken by Philip Lieberman. The text was written by Marcia R. Lieberman and Lama Ngawang Jorden. Mary Codd and her colleagues at Growing Minds, Inc. scanned the slides, designed and created the Web site and the DVD. Patricia Schreiber prepared the wall layouts.

[Contents] [Introduction] [Jampa] [Thubchen] [Luri] [Site Index] [Home]

Copyright © 2003 Philip and Marcia R. Lieberman
Use Limited to Non-Commercial Purposes