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Tibetan Culture
He questions the legacy of Tibetan Buddhism under Chinese occupation.
Matthew Williamson's writings on Tibetan culture, as seen in posts like Guru Rinpoche Day and Mahakala: The Great Black One, demonstrate a deep respect for the tradition and its figures. His earlier posts, such as Nova's Lost Treasures of Tibet from 2008 and Yogis of Tibet from 2007, show a curiosity about Tibetan history and spirituality, while his later posts reveal a more nuanced understanding of the culture. The evolution of his writing on this theme over time suggests a growing appreciation for the complexities and richness of Tibetan culture.
4 posts, in order
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October 2007
Yogis of Tibet
I recently found the movie The Yogis of Tibet on Stage6. It is a documentary about the Himalayan kingdom of Tibet and her Buddhist and Bon yogis. You can watch ...
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July 2008
Nova's Lost Treasures of Tibet
I was bouncing around on Hulu last night and I found this episode of Nova about the Lost Treasures of Tibet. Gorgeous.
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April 2015
Mahakala: The Great Black One
The legendary history of Mahakala was written by Khedrup Khyungpopa, founder of the Shangpa Kagyu tradition, in the eleventh century. He says that the reason fo...
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March 2017
Guru Rinpoche Day
Tashi Delek, Happy Guru Rinpoche Day :) ཧཱུྂ༔ ཨོ་རྒྱན་ཡུལ་གྱི་ནུབ་བྱང་མཚམས༔ hung orgyen yul gyi nubjang tsam པདྨ་གེ་སར་སྡོང་པོ་ལ༔ pema gesar dongpo la ཡ་མཚན་མཆོ...