Jomolhari

"Jomolhari is a free, Unicode compatible, Tibetan script font named after Mt Jomolhari on the border of Bhutan & Tibet. This font can be used for Tibetan and Dzongkha text.  It was inspired by Bhutanese manuscript examples and was originally designed for use in publishing traditional Buddhist texts."

https://sites.google.com/site/chrisfynn2/home/fonts/jomolhari

Tibetans in China Protest Proposed Curbs on Their Language

"Thousands of Tibetan students in western China have protested since Tuesday against proposals to curb or eliminate the use of the Tibetan language in local schools, according to reports from Tibet advocacy groups and photographs and video of the protests circulating on the Internet. "

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/world/asia/23china.html?_r=1

Tibetan Historical Dictionary Overview

"The dictionary is designed to function in five primary formats depending on what view users take, and how extensive any given term or set of terms has been documented to date. At the first, most basic level, it can be used as a glossary - term + translation. At the second level, it is a standard dictionary with definitions, part of speech, etymology and so forth. At the third level, it includes a rich array of multimedia resources - videos, sound recordings, images, etc. - which illustrate the term. At the fourth level, it provides rich contextual examples of usage, whether historical literary passages, or transcripts of contemporary speech. And at the fifth level, it actually indexes other resources within the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library that can be indexed on a term basis so that users can see much richer materials that may exist outside of the dictionary within THL - seeing a place on a GIS map, reading an Encyclopedia article on a subject, and so forth. The Dictionary’s content allows users to use it as a glossary, an ordinary dictionary, or a historical/spoken dictionary with rich contextual examples of word’s usage."

Read more: http://www.thlib.org/reference/dictionaries/tibetan-dictionary/index.php

English Tibetan Dictionary

http://www.eng-tib.com/

Art of Healing: Illustrations Reveal Old Tibetan Medicine

"While Western medicine counts only 206 bones in an adult, 360 distinct bones are precisely enumerated in this front view of the human skeleton (plus the back view, not shown). Bones and their articulations are important in Tibetan medicine not just for their role in structuring the body but also because they form part of the pathway or channel through which the life essence flows"

http://www.livescience.com/11661-art-healing-illustrations-reveal-tibetan-medicine.html

Momos: An Easy Tibetan Style Dish

"Tibetan Momos or dumplings are a very yummy dish that can serve many eating purposes. You could serve them at a party or bring them to a potluck, make them at home and put them in a soup or simple broth, fry them up, pair different levels of spicy sauce with them, use them as a side dish for a huge feast and they are great the next day cold for breakfast or lunch."

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/01/momos-an-easy-tibetan-style-dish-for-a-busy-lifestyle-annas-cooking-at-home-series-the-quick-and-tasty3/

Tsampa Eaters and Sweet Tea Drinkers

"Tsampa is unique to Tibet and at the core of Tibetan identity. Tsampa represents “Tibetan-ness” in face of threat, as explained by historian Tsering Shakya in his essay “Whither the Tsampa Eaters”. In the essay, Shakya refers to a letter published in 1959 by The Tibetan Mirror - a Tibetan newspaper printed in Kalimpong (India) - at the height of Tibetan resistance to the Chinese invasion that was “symbolically addressed to “all tsampa eaters”. As Shakya points out, “The use of tsampa transcended dialect, sect, gender and regionalism.”"

http://www.highpeakspureearth.com/2011/01/tsampa-eaters-and-sweet-tea-drinkers.html

Garuda Trading

"Garuda Trading was established in 1999 and despite the current financial climate, we are still bringing you fine quality Dharma items from the Himalayan regions. We are based in the special land of Cornwall, which is surrounded by ocean and is located in the South West of England. Our online collection continues to expand, along with our understanding of the items we source."

http://www.garudatrading.com/

Tibetan Character Picker

"Choose a view from the list just below the page title. To produce text in the output area, click on character shapes, or use your keyboard for Latin characters, delete, etc. Then cut & paste the result to your document, or use the buttons to get further information about the characters."

http://rishida.net/scripts/pickers/tibetan/

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Ha ru'e pho thar. gSang ba'i khang pa)

""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", rendered into Tibetan as ཧ་རུའེ་ཕོད་ཐར་དང་གསང་བའི་ཁང་པ་། (Ha ru'e pho thar. gSang ba'i khang pa)"


http://www.highpeakspureearth.com/2010/12/harry-potter-returns-to-tibet.html

Three - Tibetan Calligraphy by Ngakpa Chögyam

Sum (gSum)

three

The number three frequently occurs in Buddhist teachings. For example:

• Tsig-sum nèdék – Striking the Essence in Three Incisive Indications. These three are: Direct Introduction, Remaining Without Doubt, and Continuing in the State. These three incisive indications were the final essential indicative presentation describing the direct meaning of Dzogchen given by Garab Dorje (dGa’ rab rDo rJe). 

http://www.aroencyclopaedia.org/shared/text/s/sum_ca_01_eng.php

One - Tibetan Calligraphy by Ngakpa Chögyam

The number 1.  A Tibetan calligraphy by Ngakpa Chögyam.


http://aro-books-worldwide.org/tibetan_calligraphy

"It was Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche who first adapted the style of Zen calligraphy to the Tibetan alphabet, and he developed a style around it in terms of the practise of the A-shé stroke (A shad) the single stroke calligraphy which exposes the mind of the calligrapher."

http://aroencyclopaedia.org/shared/text/n/ncr_ph_07_calligraphy_eng.php

Aro Books worldwide : Tibetan thangka slideshow

Aro Books worldwide

Thangkas

Sinitic and Tibetic

"I believe that it is time for Sinologists to take a cue from the Tibetologists. Out of a total population of more than 1.3 billion in the People's Republic of China, there are supposedly almost 1.2 billion speakers of "Chinese." This is held to be a single "language," not a "family," "branch," or "group" of languages, but a monumental, monolithic LANGUAGE consisting of multitudinous "dialects." Since many of these so-called "dialects" are mutually unintelligible, language taxonomists fudge a bit by calling some of them "major dialects," "sub-dialects," and so forth. However, several of the "major dialects" — all of which are mutually unintelligible — have upwards of 20 million speakers: Mandarin (c. 850 million), Wu (nearly 100 million), Cantonese or Yue (around 90 million), Min (over 50 million), Xiang and Hakka (approximately 35 million each), Gan (roughly 20 million), and Jin ([a disputed subdivision of Mandarin] about 45 million). Moreover, many of these huge "major dialects" comprise scores of "dialects" that have a very low degree of mutual intelligibility (or none at all) and a highly complex set of internal relationships. For example, Min is divided into Eastern Min, Southern Min, Central Min, and so forth, and these branches are further subdivided into varieties that are quite different among themselves. For instance, Southern Min is made up of Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Amoy (Xiamen), Teochew (Chaozhou), Leizhou, and Hainanese, all of which are significantly dissimilar."

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2219

Kum Nye

"Kum Nye and sKu-mNyé refer to a wide variety of Tibetan religious and medical body practices. The two terms are different spellings in the Latin alphabet of the same Tibetan phrase (Wylie: sku mnye), which literally means "massage of the subtle body". Some systems of sku mnye are vaguely similar to Yoga, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, or therapeutic massage. Confusingly, "Kum Nye" and Ku Nye are also used to transcribe the Tibetan phrases dku mnye ("belly massage") and bsku mnye ("oil massage"), which are pronounced identically to sku mnye. dKu mnye and bsku mnye manipulate the physical body, rather than the subtle (energetic) one."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kum_Nye

Kum Nye Yoga

"Mind and body both seem to need relaxation, especially in today´s world where the busyness of everyday activities generates much stress. With Kum Nye, we can loosen up the tension connected with this stress and open up the sensitivity inherent in our human embodiment."

http://www.kumnyeyoga.eu/

Kum Nye Relaxation

"To many Kum Nye is like a form of meditation, yet it is a physical form of movement which includes subtle yet powerful exercise. It is a useful form of movement which helps to release emotional and physical tensions that are held within the body. Many exercises can help to produce and release physical tensions held deeply within the body. Each exercise can lead to a sense of release and deep relaxation.

Kum Nye is based on ancient Tibetan spiritual knowledge developed over 1,500 years ago. Kum Nye Relaxation offers a very effective way for refreshing and revitalising the whole body and mind. It is beneficial for young and old alike with gentle easy-to-follow movement exercises which can relieve tension, heighten energy levels, improve concentration, and help to bring clarity to all of the senses."

http://www.metta.org.uk/therap/therapists/kum_nye.asp

Kum Nye

"Kum Nye is a gentle healing system, that relaxes our bodies and minds, helps us to be more balanced and healthy.

 

Kum Nye uses stillness, movement and gentle massage to stimulate the flow of feeling and energy that will integrate the body and mind."

http://tibetanyoga.org/Kum%20Nye.html

Kum Nye

"[...] Kum Nye is a gently transforming yet powerful holistic practise that works intuitively on every part of our being. The exercises used in Kum Nye have all been designed to awaken and encourage a healthy robustness. Its subtle effects may be felt through a feeling of: vitality within the body, peace of mind, and a buoyant spirit. This can be understood as a complete state of open relaxation that is our natural state of being, but something we seemingly lose through the increasing demands of present-day life. So by regularly practising Kum Nye we may actively move toward bringing our “being” back to its natural vibrant wholeness."

http://www.kumnye.org.uk/

Ani Choying Drolma - CHÖ

"Ani Choying Drolma is a great singer from Nepal. She knows the art of singinging and chanting mantras in an authentic and heart opening way. "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dreGjqO2yxY