{"id":10357,"date":"2010-01-19T13:13:59","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T12:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/?p=10357"},"modified":"2010-01-21T15:21:26","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T14:21:26","slug":"the-tibetan-and-himalayan-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/the-tibetan-and-himalayan-library\/","title":{"rendered":"THE TIBETAN AND HIMALAYAN LIBRARY"},"content":{"rendered":"

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> <\/span>CONTEMPORARY WRITINGS (Satis Shroff)<\/span>\u00a0<<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

www.thlib.org<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

><\/span> <\/span>KARUNA DANA <<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

> GELUPGA UNIVERSITY <\/span><<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

> THE BERZIN ARCHIVES <<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Ganden Monastery (also Gaden or Gandain) or Ganden Namgyeling is one of the ‚great three‘ Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet, located at the top of Wangbur Mountain, Tagtse County, 36 kilometers ENE from the Potala Palace in Lhasa, at an altitude of 4,300m. (The other two ‚great monasteries‘ are Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery.)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Its full name is Ganden Namgyal Ling (dga‘-ldan rmam-rgyal gling). Ganden means „joyful“ and is the Tibetan name for Tu\u1e63ita, the heaven where the bodhisattva Maitreya is said to reside. Namgyal Ling means „victorious temple“. Read more: <\/span><\/span><\/strong>> HERE <<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Berzin was born in <\/span><\/span>Paterson, New Jersey<\/span><\/span><\/a>, <\/span><\/span>United States<\/span><\/span><\/a>. <\/sup>\u00a0He received his B.A. degree in 1965 from the Department of Oriental Studies, <\/span><\/span>Rutgers University<\/span><\/span><\/a> in conjunction with <\/span><\/span>Princeton University<\/span><\/span><\/a> and his M.A. in 1967 and Ph.D. in 1972 from the Departments of Far Eastern Languages (Chinese) and Sanskrit and Indian Studies, <\/span><\/span>Harvard University<\/span><\/span><\/a>. Read More: <\/span>>HERE <<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Tibetan and Himalayan Library<\/strong> consists of a broad array of collaborating<\/span> individuals, institutions, and communities. Its overall development is guided by an international advisory board consisting of prominent scholars, librarians, technologists, and community leaders in the field of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, geographical\/cultural foci, and institutional bases. In addition, there are a variety of editorial boards responsible for more hands-on design and content development in specific structural components of THL. In addition, THL\u2019s structural components are populated by scores of individual projects with their own administration ranging from a single participant to a large team of participants.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the content is the result of many institutions and individuals, the underlying technical infrastructure is largely supported by the University of Virginia\u2019s Library and the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities<\/span><\/a>. The Library’s overall design and integration is supported by the University of Virginia’s Scholar’s Lab<\/span><\/a>, which is committing to develop the digital collections in the 21st century. Specific technical initiatives are also supported by a small but very talented group of volunteer technologists who have played a crucial role in the development of THL. We would also make special note of THL\u2019s technical collaboration with Tibet University\u2019s Engineering School. More:<\/strong> www.uvatibetcenter.org<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

We are presently in the process of launching a new application for documenting our projects, participants, and organizations to be released in 2009. In the meantime, you can consult our editorial boards:<\/span><\/p>\n