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Although "modernism" has been understood by many scholars worldwide first and foremost as a Euro-American, multi-faceted aesthetic movement, modanizumu ("modernism") has also been conceptualized by Japanese and Western scholars alike as...
Hail-Casting and Other "Magical" Rites from a Compendium of Nyingma Rituals Invoking Yamāntaka: A Study and Catalogue of the Moon's Mystery Handbook (Zla Gsang Beʼu Bum)
The Moon’s Mystery Handbook (Zla gsang be’u bum), known also as Yama’s Handbook, is a compilation of Nyingma (Rnying ma) rituals attributed to Nupchen Sangyé Yeshé (Gnubs chen Sangs rgyas ye shes) and Mañjuśrīmitra (Tib. ʼJam dpal...
Despite her popularity within certain sects of Tibetan Buddhism, little focuses work has been done on the dharma protectress Achi Chökyi Drölma. Venerated as the guardian of the Drikung Kagyü tradition, as the maternal great-grandmother...
Despite her popularity within certain sects of Tibetan Buddhism, little focuses work has been done on the dharma protectress Achi Chökyi Drölma. Venerated as the guardian of the Drikung Kagyü tradition, as the maternal great-grandmother...
My thesis is a profile of the Tibetan Buddhist protector deity Rāhula (Tib: Khyab 'jug chen po), particularly the ritual/magic and mythic complex that surrounds the cult of this deity. However, I will be using Rāhula as a case study to...
Through a case study of Korean television drama Winter Sonata, this thesis explores why Winter Sonata became so successful in Japan and was able to affect many middle-aged and elderly women, and how Korean Wave has changed the image of...
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