Monday, June 23, 2008

Culture Matters - Websites on Tibet


A very nice and extensive collection of links provided over at Culture Matters for all things Tibetan.

Websites on Tibet

Anthropologist Les Sponsel of the University of Hawai’i circulated an extensive list of Tibet-related websites through the list-serv of the Committee for Human Rights of the American Anthropological Association. I thought that this was a good place to spread this list, which Prof. Sponsel asked recipients to do.

In addition, it’s an opportunity to alert our readers to the Committee, including their advice for researchers in the field who observe what they believe to be human rights violations.

Thanks to Prof. Sponsel, however, for doing all the hard yards assembling this extensive list of resources; I’ve deleted a couple general news sites that weren’t Tibet-specific just to make the list more manageable, but I’ve made all the addresses live links. If anyone finds a misdirected link, just tell me, and I’ll fix it.

Web sites on Tibet and related matters from Les Sponsel

About Buddhism http://buddhism.about.com/religion/Buddhism

Act for Tibet http://www.actfortibet.org

American Himalayan Foundation http://www.himalayan-foundation.org

Amnesty International http://amnesty.org
http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/asia-and-pacific/east-asia/china

Asian Arts http://www.AsianArt.com

Asian Classics Input Project (free downloads of Tibetan texts) http://www.asianclassics.org/

BuddhaNet.net http://www.buddhanet.net/

Buddhist Peace Fellowship http://www.bpf.org

Canada Tibet Committee http://www.tibet.ca

China Tibet Information Center (Chinese Government) http://www.tibetinfor.com/en

The Chokling Tersar Foundation http://www.choklingtersar.org

Columbia Encyclopedia: Tibet http://www.bartleby.com/65/ti/TibetanB.html

His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama http://www.dalailama.com

DharmaNet International http://www.dharmanet.org

Digital Himalaya http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/

Dzogchen Center http://www.dzogchen.org

Free Tibet http://www.freetibet.org

Friends of Tibet (People’s Movement for an Independent Tibet) http://www.friendsoftibet.org

Guide to Buddhism on the Net http://members.tripod.com/~Arumugam/buddhiststudies

Himalayan Art Resources http://www.himalayanart.org/

Himalayas http://www.wisdomtours.com

Human Rights in China http://www.hrichina.org

International Campaign for Tibet http://www.savetibet.org

International Tibet Support Network (Tibetan people’s rights under international law) http://www.tibetnetwork.org

Journal of Buddhist Ethics http://www.jbe.gold.ac.uk/

The Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies http://www.thdl.org/collections/journal/jiats/

Journals (Digital Himalaya) http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/journals/

Kagyu School (H.H. the Gyalwa Karmapa) http://www.kagyu.org/

Kadampa Buddhism http://www.kadampa.org

Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library http://www.latse.org/

Library of Tibetan Works and Archives http://www.ltwa.net/

Lotsawa House (download translations of Tibetan texts) http://www.lotsawahouse.org/

Mind and Life Institute (Buddhist meditation from a scientific perspective) http://www.mindandlife.org

Mirrors of the Mind exhibit of the Rezk Collection of Tibetan Art http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/sama/samaintr.html

Nalandabodhi (Gateway to the Buddhist Sciences of the Mind) http://www.nalandabodhi.org

Nalanada Bodhi (history of Tibetan Buddhism) http://www.nalandabodhi.org/tibet_buddhism.html

Nalanda Institute for Meditation and Healing http://www.nalandameditation.org

Naropa University (Distance Learning) http://www.naropa.edu

Norbulingka Institute (Dharamsala, India) http://www.norbulingka.org

Nyingma Tradition (Vajrayana Buddhist Practioners) http://www.nyingma.com/

The Official Website of the Central Tibetan Administration (includes extensive report on environment and development in Tibet) http://www.tibet.net

Office of Tibet (Official Agency of His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama and Tibetan Government In Exile to the Americas) http://www.tibetoffice.org

Portal Service with Tibet News (wealth of information including press releases) http://www.phayul.com

Race for Tibet – Beijing 2008 http://www.racefortibet.org

Resources for the Study of Buddhism http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/Buddhism.htm

Shambhala Center http://www.shambhala.org/buddhism.html

Shambhala Sun http://www.shambhalasun.com

Siddhartha’s Intent/Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche http://www.siddharthasintent.org

Snow Lion Publications (largest press devoted to Tibetan Buddhism) http://www.SnowLionPub.com

Students for a Free Tibet http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org

Tharpa Publications http://www.tharpa.com

Tibet Aid (humanitarian relief projects in Tibet and for exiles) http://www.tibetaid.org

The Tibet Album: British Photography in Central Tibet (1920-1950) http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk

Tibet Arts http://www.tibetarts.com

Tibet Domani http://www.tibetdomani.com

Tibet Environmental Watch (includes Dalai Lama’s proposal for Tibet as a “Zone of Peace”) http://www.tew.org

Tibet Foundation (charity for Tibetan culture and exiles) http://www.tibet-foundation.org

Tibet Fund (finances programs in Tibet and for exiles) http://www.tibetfund.org

Tibet House (dedicated to preserving Tibetan culture) http://www.tibethouse.org

Tibet Justice Center (formerly International Committee of Lawyers for Tibet) http://www.tibetjustice.org

Tibet Online (includes directory of support groups) http://www.tibet.org

Tibet Online Web TV –Central Tibetan Administration http://tibetonline.tv/

Tibet Sites.com (archive of Tibetan websites) http://www.tibetsites.com

Tibet Shop (Tibetan paintings, statues, etc.) http://www.tibetshop.com

Tibet Society (UK, new coverage) http://www.tibetsociety.com

Tibet Watch (London) http://www.tibetwatch.org

Tibetan Book of the Dead (University of Virginia) http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/dead/

Tibetan Buddhist http://www.tibetan-buddhist.org

Tibetan Buddhist Internet Radio http://www.lamrim.com/

Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center http://www.tbrc.org/

Tibetan Buddhist Temple Art in Mustang, Nepal (Brown University exhibit) http://www.brown.edu/Research/BuddhistTempleArt/

Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy http://www.tchrd.org

Tibetan Government in Exile Official Web Site (wealth of information and news) http://www.tibet.com

Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library (University of Virginia) http://www.thdl.org

Tibetan Institute http://www.tibetanarts.org

Tibetan Paintings (Thangkas) http://www.tibetanpaintings.com/

Tibetan People’s Uprising Movement http://tibetanuprising.org

Tibetan Spirit http://www.TibetanSpirit.com

Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html

Tibetan Treasures http://www.tibetantreasures.com

Tibetan Youth Congress http://www.tibetanyouthcongress.org

Time Magazine http://www.Time.com/DalaiLama
http://www.Time.com/Tibet

Trace Foundation (promotes cultural continuity and sustainable development of Tibetan communities within China) http://www.trace.org/

Vajrapani Institute http://www.vajrapani.org

Voice of Tibet http://www.vot.org

Windhorse Publications http://www.windhorsepublications.com

Wisdom Books http://www.wisdom-books.com

Wisdom Publications http://www.wisdompubs.org


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great Tibetan sites.

http://www.hinkyimport.com
http://www.omtibetanjewelry.com
http://www.singingbowlshop.com