Dreamworld Tibet: Western Illusions Author: Martin Brauen Publisher: Weatherhill ISBN-13: 978-974-524-051-3 Original Price: SGD $88.70 Special Offer: $70 (Net Price)
	This 2005 English translation of the 2000 Swiss book presents with a wealth of archival photographs and colour illustrations the sometimes surprising story of how Tibet has been misrepresented in the West. Tibet has been trivialised and exploited for various ends - it has a place in 19th century Theosophy, in occultism and in the justification for Nazism. More recently, many novels, films, tales of UFOs, and "exotic" advertisements all present Tibet and Tibetans very different from reality. The lay reader cannot but be astonished at the range and extent of the fictions. This is a serious and well researched book. It was commended by HH the 14th Dalai Lama on 2001. Referenced, with bibliography and index.
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Mahavamsa: The Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka Author: Douglas Bullis Publisher: Asian Humanities Press Original Price: SGD $136 Special Offer: $108 (Net Price)
	The epic of Ancient Lanka's founding and early history is probably the least known of all the world's great chronicles. The Mahavamsa or "Great Chronicle" is much less familiar than its forebears, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The Mahavamsa describes the introduction of Theravada Buddhism into Lanka and the development of the Buddhist nation-state that predominates in Sri Lanka today.
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The Central Philosophy of Tibet: A Study and Translation of Jey Tsong Khapa's Essence of True Eloquence Author: Robert A. F. Thurman Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 9780691020679 Original Price: SGD $86.80 Special Offer: $68 (Net Price)
	This is the paperback edition of the first full study, translation, and critical annotation of the Essence of True Eloquence by Tsong Khapa (1357-1419), universally ackowledged as the greatest Tibetan philosopher. Supplementing our view of Buddhism as comtemplative and "mystical" religion, Robert Thurman's translation and introduction present a strain of Indian Buddhist thought emphasizing the need for both critical reason and contemplative realization in the attainment of enlightenment.
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Embodying the Dharma: Buddhist Relic Veneration in Asia Author: David Germano and Kevin Trainor Publisher: State University of New York Press Original Price: SGD $74 Special Offer: $55 (Net Price)
	Embodying the Dharma explores the centrality of relic veneration in Asian Buddhist cultures. Long disregarded by Western scholars as a superstitious practice reflecting the popularization of "original" Buddhism, relic veneration has emerged as a topic of vital interest in the last two decades with the increased attention to Buddhist ritual practice and material culture. This volume includes studies of relic traditions in India, Japan, Tibet, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, as well as broader comparative analyses.