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Tibetan Buddhism: Preserving the Monastic Tradition

• 1981 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
• Focuses on the traditional monastic career preserved by Tibetan Buddhist monks of Sera Monastery in Mysore, India. Documents the style and content of Sera's scholarly curriculum beginning with reading and writing, through attaining the degree of Geshe, up to the study and practice of the Buddhist Tantras. Focuses on the memorization, classwork and debate of six subjects: Logic, Epistemology, the Three Jewels, the Four Noble Truths, the Middle Path and Great Compassion. Concludes with an overview of the study and practice of the Buddhist Tantras in the Gyudmed Monastery including: making a mandala, training in the tantric voice, taking an initiation and holding a fire ceremony.
• Topics: (Far Eastern Studies, Religions: Eastern)

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