“…The demonstrations of monks in Tibet and Myanmar (Burma) in recent times as well as the age-old conflict between a predominantly Buddhist population and a Hindu minority in Sri Lanka raise the question of how the issues of human rights and Buddhism are related. …”

“…In tracing the process through which Bon has become a global religion, this monograph narrates the story of the principal figures who initially facilitated this transmission, following their journey from Tibet to India and Nepal. The narrative then moves to explore the dynamics taking place in the transmission and reception of Yungdrung Bon in Western countries, opening up a new viewpoint on the expansion of Tibetan religious traditions into the West and painting a comprehensive picture of the modern history of the Yungdrung Bon religion as narrated by its participants. …”

“…Su interés por el budismo y el taoísmo le llevaron hasta las fuentes de estas milenarias “religiones sin Dios”: viajó a la India y al Tibet y se entrevistó con algunos de sus maestros espirituales, entre ellos el Dalai Lama. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Comparative aspects of land tenure privatisationLand tenure; A chronology of land tenure changes in Tibet and Norway; Fragmentation, privatisation and density dependence; Privatisation as a source of fragmentation; Density dependence and density independence; Discussion; Reduced mobility, intensification and degradation; The erosion of cooperative networks; Concluding remarks and future prospects; Acknowledgement; 8 Energy justice: A new framework for examining Arcticness in the context of energy infrastructure development; The energy justice framework; The framework. …”

“…Sustainable Happiness is the first book to make Asia's most rigorous and complete system of contemplative living, hidden for centuries in Tibet, accessible to help us all on our shared journey towards sustainable wellbeing, altruism, inspiration and happiness"--…”

“…Plantea así un recorrido histórico cuyos principales hitos son: los primeros libros en barro, huesos y tablillas de cera o madera, en Mesopotamia; los rollos de papiro en la biblioteca de Alejandría, Atenas, Pergamo y en la antigua Roma; la biblioteca del templo de Salomón y los manuscritos del Mar Muerto; los libros de bambú y seda en la antigua China y el Japón; los libros sagrados de los Vedas en la India y de los muertos en el Tíbet; los manuscritos de Bizancio; la transmisión del Corán por todo el Islam; el paso del papiro primero al pergamino y luego al códice, a lo largo de la Edad Media; el surgimiento de las bibliotecas monásticas y universitarias; los manuscritos mayas, aztecas e incas... …”

“…Edited by the team of the Cambridge-based Sanskrit Manuscripts Project and including contributions of the researchers who collaborated with it, it covers a wide range of topics related to South Asian manuscript culture: from the material dimension (palaeography, layout, decoration) and the complicated interactions of manuscripts with printing in late medieval Tibet and in modern Tamil Nadu, to reading, writing, editing and educational practices, from manuscripts as sources for the study of religious, literary and intellectual traditions, to the creation of collections in medieval India and Cambodia (one major centre of the so-called Sanskrit cosmopolis), and the formation of the Cambridge collections in the colonial period. …”

“…En su nuevo libro, se narra de manera ágil y amena la historia de las expediciones patrocinadas por la Ahnenerbe, una organización integrada dentro de las temibles SS, para encontrar las huellas perdidas de la raza aria, en las lejanas e inaccesibles cumbres del Tíbet, o la enigmática ciudad peruana de Tiahuanaco. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Historical Account of Human Rights Situation in China -- Human Rights Practise in China -- Human Rights Defenders -- Justice System and Unfair Trial -- Freedom of Expression -- Detention Without Trial -- Death Penalty -- Torture And Other Ill-treatment -- Coercive Family Planning -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region -- Falun Gong -- Comparison Between India and China -- Notes and References -- Chapter 8: Religion in Politics: Secularism and Communalism -- Mahatma Gandhi's Views on Religion and Politics -- Nehru's Views on the Relationship Between Religion and Politics -- Secularism -- Indian Notion of Secularism -- Western Notion of Secularism -- Contemporary Debates on Secularism -- Communalism: An Onslaught on the Principle of Secularism -- Political Economy of Communalism and Communal Violence -- Majority Communalism in India -- Minority Communalism in India -- Solutions to Address the Problem of Communalism in India -- Notes and References -- Chapter 9: Strategies of Development in India Since Indenpendence -- Historical Perspective: A Unique Model of a 'Mixed' Economy -- Planning Process in India -- Planning in India -- The First Five Year Plan (1951-56) -- The Second Five Year Plan (1956-61) -- The Third Five Year Plan (1961-66) -- Annual Plans (1966-69) -- The Fourth Five Year Plan (1969-74) -- The Fifth Five Year Plan (1974-78) -- The Sixth Five Year Plan (1980-85) -- Seventh Five Year Plan (1985-90) -- The Eighth Five Year Plan (1992-97) -- The Ninth Five Year Plan (1997-02) -- The Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-07) -- Approach to the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12) -- Monitorable Social-economic Targets of the Eleventh Plan -- Economic Crisis of 1990-91 and Reforms -- Rationalization and Simplification of the Tax System -- Infrastructure Reforms -- Impact of Economic Reforms -- Growth and Structural Change…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Think Yourself -- Chapter 2: India-China Relations -- Areas of Conflict -- Territorial conflict between India and China -- Tibet Issue -- Different political world view -- China's policy to develop its western region and conflict over water resources…”

“…However, Tsangnyön is not only one of Tibet’s foremost authors and poets, he is also one of the best known ‘holy madmen’ (smyon pa) of Tibet. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…(17 de enero) -- Programa de Goering para 1940 (24 de enero) -- Sin ruido de automóviles (2 de febrero) -- Cuando Creso se desploma (8 de febrero) -- Recordando el Eclesiastés (11 de febrero) -- El sueño de los balas perdidas (16 de febrero) -- El Tíbet tiene un nuevo Lama (21 de febrero) -- Hace cuatro mil años (29 de febrero) -- Puede que sí... …”

“…While estimates are available in the literature on the number of Chinese killed in Communist land reform, or in Tibet, or by the Nationalists in one military campaign or another, until this book no one has tried to systematically accumulate, organize, add up, and analyze these diverse killings for all of China's governments in this century"…”