CE 414 1st Sem AY 2015-16 12-95221 Sustainable Design: Druk White Lotus School‚ Ladakh‚ India “The Druk White Lotus School is an initiative of the Drukpa Trust‚ a UK registered charity under the patronage of the Dalai Lama. It opened in 2001 and now has over 650 pupils. The main school is located in Shey (the ancient capital of Ladakh) and known locally as ‘Druk Padma Karpo School’ (‘Padma Karpo’ means ‘White Lotus’ in Bothi) and is named after Mipham Pema Karpo (1527-1592)‚ who is revered
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reestablished a lost line of Tibetan Buddhism but also gave Tibetan nuns a place of refuge and sanctuary of equality that allowed the Buddhist nuns to follow there spiritual path. This Buddhist nunnery has allowed Buddhist nuns to access teachings of the Drukpa Kagyu tradition. Tenzin Palmo stated at the “Happiness and its causes” conference in Sydney that her nunnery has been responsible in “raising awareness and self esteem of young nuns as well as educating them to become better practitioners”. Tenzin
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Daily Life and Dharma IN GYALWANG DRUKPA sense If you think deeply and profoundly‚ eventually you would understand that the wisdom of thanking the karma is based on some knowledge‚ which might have been given by some gurus or masters or found in some teachings of Buddha. I am not saying that you should not thank the Buddha or the masters. What I am saying is that there is a logic‚ indirectly to thank them. But the immediate object of appreciation should be your karma. In our daily practice‚
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TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENT LETTER OF RECOMENDITION ACRONYMS AND ABBREVATION TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 General background I 1.2 Statement of the Problem I 1.3 Objective of the Study II 1.4 Significance of the Study II 1.5 Literature Review II 1.6 Limitation of the Study II 1.7 Research Methodology III 1.8 Organization of the study III Chapter 2: History survey of Bhutanese Refugee problem 2.1 Emergence of Bhutanese problem
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Gandja‚ Gazakh‚ Nagorny Karabakh‚ Tabriz) in different periods. Bhutanese art Bhutanese art is similar to the art of Tibet. Both are based upon Vajrayana Buddhism‚ with its pantheon of divine beings. The major orders of Buddhism in Bhutan are Drukpa Kagyu and Nyingma. The former is a branch of the Kagyu School and is known for paintings documenting the lineage of Buddhist masters and the 70 Je Khenpo (leaders of the Bhutanese monastic establishment). The Nyingma order is known for images of Padmasambhava
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Bhutan is a tiny mountain kingdom perched in the eastern Himalayas with an area of approximately 47‚000 sq. km. Landlocked; the country is bordered by the Tibet autonomous region of China to the north and by India to the south‚ east and west. The Drukpas‚ or Ngalongs of Tibetan Mongoloid origin‚ inhabit the northwest part of the country. they form about 16–20% of the population and speak Dzongkha‚ an offshoot of Tibetan. Sharchhokps of Indo-Burmese stocks predominate in the eastern region and constitute
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Bhutanese democracy 1 Bhutanese democracy Bhutan has transitioned from an absolute monarchy to a multi-party democracy. The development of Bhutanese democracy has been marked by the active encouragement and participation of reigning Bhutanese monarchs since the 1950s‚ beginning with legal reforms such as the abolition of slavery‚ and culminating in the enactment of Bhutan’s Constitution. The first democratic elections in Bhutan began in 2007‚ and all levels of government had been democratically
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Mask Dance (Cham) Classical dances in Bhutan are reflected in the religious mask pageants and ritual dances. With the introduction of Buddhism in the 8th century AD by Guru Padmasambhava from Tibet‚ ritual and mask dances gained roots in the Bhutanese system as part of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition. With the birth of the great Terton (treasure revealer) Pema Lingpa in the 15th century‚ the mask dances in Bhutan took firm roots and gained an impetus as part of the Bhutanese cultural life. The Ter
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Tourism in the rural areas is one of the new opportunities that are being created for those dwelling there. They have the resources‚ the manpower‚ the basic skill &expertise in terms of hospitality and a down-to-earth approach that is in sharp contrast with the five star culture of tourism in city areas. The rural residents have a scope and potential to present a very pleasant and exciting change from traditional tourism which tourist are finding jaded and therefore have begun exploring new vistas
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KUENSEL THAT THE PEOPLE SHALL BE INFORMED • T H U R S D AY M A R C H 1 4 ‚ 2 0 1 3 • N u 1 0 DPT supporters’ petition to CJ Dechen Tshering INBRIEF » Freeze on open competition The royal service commission has directed ministries‚ constitutional offices‚ autonomous agencies and dzongkhags to freeze all inservice recruitments through open competition until the 2013 elections are over. This is to ensure that civil servants on election duty are not in anyway disadvantaged from not being
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