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Portraits of Tibetan Buddhist Masters by Don Farber; Sogyal Rinpoche; Rebecca McClen Novick (editors) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Portraits of Tibetan Buddhist Masters about?

Renowned photographer Don Farber, one of the most important chroniclers of Buddhism today, brings the face and the spirit of contemporary Tibetan Buddhism alive with this remarkable book. __Portraits of Tibetan Buddhist Masters__—a collection of superb color photographs presented with brief biographies and teachings from each master—is a vibrant work, a testament to the compassion and wisdom that lies at the heart of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Farber felt compelled to record the last of the living Buddhist masters who received their training in Tibet and then fled the country following the invasion by China, as well as other masters who survived many years of imprisonment during the Cultural Revolution. He has worked with a sense of urgency to photograph and interview these extraordinary beings who have been the custodians of this endangered Buddhist tradition. His collection of portraits also includes some of the bright lights of Tibetan Buddhism, the younger masters who will carry the tradition into the future. As a photographic archive of Tibetan Buddhist masters, this book plays an important role in preserving Tibetan culture, in all its richness and complexity, through th

Who reads Portraits of Tibetan Buddhist Masters?

Author

Don Farber; Sogyal Rinpoche; Rebecca McClen Novick (editors)

Publisher

University of California Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780520930537

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, Buddhism, Memoir