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Soft cover. Zustand: New. Contents: Introduction. 1. A history of the Birth of Sakyamuni Buddha at Lumbini: a marvelous spectacle for the mind. 2. Histories of Kapilavastu and Devadaha. 3. Twelve questions and answers. 4. Construction of the Lumbini Monastery. 5. The three-year retreat at the Lumbini Monastery. 6. Recent activities at Bouddhanath. Concluding explanations and prayers. Closing prayers. Endnotes. Bibliography. Fortunate to Behold is one highly knowledgeable Tibetan lama's brief history of Buddha Sakyamuni's birth in the Lumbini garden, told in a way meant to amaze and inspire readers. Later chapters tell about the author's founding of new temples in Lumbini and Bouddhanath. This corrected version gives a visually enriched version of an original and still very relevant contribution.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. 2nd Edition. Contents: Preface to the First Tibetan edition. Introduction. 1. The origin of the habitat and inhabitants of Tibet. 2. The royal genealogy of Tibet. 3. The spread of the Buddhist teachings in Tibet. 4. Entering the monastic order. 5. Examining and taking possession of the building site. 6. Traditional construction methods. 7. Construction celebrations. 8. The arrangement of paintings and statues within a temple. 9. The origin of the art of painting and sculpture. 10. Proportions of sacred figures. 11. The consecration of images. 12. The cycle of sutra and mantrayana rituals. 13. Holy days and their benefits. Epilogue. Endnotes. Bibliography. Gateway to the Temple is a unique manual of Tibetan Buddhist monastic culture and art that briefly treats even temple building and mural decoration. A precious contribution when its author wrote it in the 1960s, it remains highly relevant today. The present corrected and visually expanded version by Vajra Books reintroduces a hitherto overlooked and forgotten masterwork.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Contents: Preface. 1. How Sachen appeared within a matchless paternal lineage. 2. How Sachen received a vast amount of sutra and tantric teachings. 3. A brief history of Sachen s eminent descendants. 4. How learned and realised lineage holders of the Sakyapa gradually spread its doctrine. 5. How this tradition is superior to others. Appendix. Bibliography. A Concise History of the Sakyapa School summarizes the history of that venerable tradition, briefly describing also its scholastic curriculum and even enumerating many of its most prominent branch monasteries. A precious contribution when its author wrote it in the late 1960s, when the Tibetans in Indian exile desperately needed such a historical synopsis, it remains helpful and relevant today. This new illustrated version reintroduces a hitherto forgotten work in a fresh way, and it also contributes significantly by providing from the translator a new and exhaustive list of all known Sakyapa monasteries (510 in all, grouped by country and county).