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FLUENT TIBETAN: A Proficiency-Oriented Learning System. Novice and Intermediate Levels by William A. Magee and Elizabeth S. Napper, Jeffrey Hopkins, General Editor. In collaboration with: Ngawang Thondup Narkyid, Geshe Thupten Jinpa, Kunsang Y. King, Jules B. Levinson, Jigme Ngapo, Daniel E. Perdue, Dolma Tenpa and Steven N. Weinberger. 1000 page, a single 4-vol. text, 8 1/2" x 11" plus two MP3 disks (26 hours) that can play on your computer or MP3 player. #FLTIS3 - $ 150.00 Published by Snow Lion The most systematic and extensive course system available in spoken Tibetan language, Fluent Tibetan was developed by language experts working in conjunction with indigenous speakers at the University of Virginia. Based upon courses for diplomats needing to learn a language quickly, the method acquaints students with the sounds and patterns of Tibetan speech, through repetitive interactive drills, enabling the quick mastery of increasingly complex structures, and thereby promoting rapid progress in speaking the language. Fluent Tibetan is the best course available anywhere for learning on your own. The package consists of a 1000 page textbook and your choice of MP3 or audio cassette recordings, arranged in fifteen units. The first three units are devoted to recognition and pronunciation of the Tibetan alphabet and its combinations in syllables and words. With unit four, vocabulary and grammatical patterns are introduced in situational dialogues. Each dialogue is followed by extensive drills repeating the vocabulary and grammatical patterns in different contexts thereby teaching how to use the language creatively. The exceptionally clear voices in the dialogues and drills are both male and female indigenous Tibetans. The glossary is both Tibetan-English and English-Tibetan. Fluent Tibetan corresponds to a year of college-level language study. More ... | |
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by William A. Magee and Elizabeth S. Napper, Jeffrey Hopkins, General Editor. In collaboration with: Ngawang Thondup Narkyid, Geshe Thupten Jinpa, Kunsang Y. King, Jules B. Levinson, Jigme Ngapo, Daniel E. Perdue, Dolma Tenpa and Steven N. Weinberger. 1000 page, a single 4-vol. text, 8 1/2" x 11", 18 CASSETTE TAPES (26 hours). (See full description above.) #FLTISE - $ 150.00 Published by Snow Lion | |
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HOW TO READ CLASSICAL TIBETAN: Volume 1, A Summary of the General Path by Craig Preston 247 pages. #HORECL - regular price $ 39.95 Our Price $27.97 Published by Snow Lion Do you want to learn to read Classical Tibetan? If you know how to read the Tibetan u-chen script (know the Tibetan alphabet and how letters combine to form syllables -- i.e., be able to recognize a root letter, vowel, prefix, superscript, subscript, suffix, and know how to pronounce the syllable) and how to recognize words, How to Read Classical Tibetan will show you--at your own pace--all the relationships that make Tibetan easy to read. It is a complete language course built around the exposition of a famous Tibetan text on the Summary of the General Path to Buddhahood written at the beginning of the fifteenth century. More ... | |
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HOW TO READ CLASSICAL TIBETAN Volume 2: Buddhist Tenets by Craig Preston 8.5" x 11". 342 pp., paper. #HOREC2 - $ 45.00 Published by Snow Lion How to Read Classical Tibetan, Volume Two: Buddhist Tenets continues Craig Preston's ground-breaking series of self-study materials designed for students learning to read Classical Tibetan on their own. This book serves a dual purpose: the student learns both grammar and philosophy at the same time. More ... | |
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JOWO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA STATUE POSTER 20 x 25.5 #SHBUST - regular price $ 9.00 Our Price $6.03 Published by Snow Lion Every Tibetan looks to Lhasa as the most sacred place of pilgrimage and the Jokhang Temple is the primary place to visit. Within the Jokhang, the main object of devotion is the Jowo Rinpoche statue--the principal Shakyamuni Image. It is a special object of faith and reverence among the Tibetan people. It was believed that whatever prayer one offers in front of Jowo Rinpoche never goes unfulfilled. That's why Tibetans call Jowo Rinpoche, "Joshak-Yishin Norbu" the wish-fulfilling Gem. More ... | |
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LEARNING PRACTICAL TIBETAN by Andrew Bloomfield & Yanki Tshering 175 pp. #LEPRTI - regular price $ 19.95 Our Price $13.96 Published by Snow Lion A revised version of Tibetan Phrasebook. Many students have expressed that this book and tapes are a wonderful language tool and much more than a phrasebook. So we expanded the Tibetan Phrasebook into a larger format and included the Tibetan script in addition to the phonetic system to make it useful as a practical Tibetan language study tool. It begins by introducing both a phonetic system and a simple yet complete grammar. In addition to containing phrases and dialogues, each chapter is preceded by useful information, vocabulary, and some pointers about Tibetan customs and etiquette. The appendices include these helpful sections: numbers, dates, days and time, dates of festivals, religious and monastic vocabulary and a general vocabulary. Now available with your choice of either three hours on a MP3 disk or two cassettes so you can learn how to speak Tibetan correctly. You will hear the clear Tibetan voice of Yanki Tshering. More ... | |
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by Andrew Bloomfield & Yanki Tshering Optional: 3 hour MP3 disk. These MP3 files play on computers or MP3 players. #TIPHMP - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $10.46 Published by Snow Lion | |
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by Andrew Bloomfield & Yanki Tshering Optional: two 90 min. cassette tapes. #TIPHT - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $10.46 Published by Snow Lion | |
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MANUAL OF STANDARD TIBETAN by Nicolas Tournadre and Sangda Dorje 576 pp. 8.5" x 11" with 2 CDs, 12 pages of color photos. #MASTTI - regular price $ 80.00 Our Price $56.00 Published by Snow Lion The Manual of Standard Tibetan presents the everyday speech of Lhasa, as it is currently used in Tibet as well as amongst the Tibetan diaspora. It not only places the language in its natural context, but also highlights along the way key aspects of Tibetan civilization and Vajrayana Buddhism. More ... | |
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POTALA PALACE POSTER 20 x 25.5 inches. #POPAPO - $ 9.00 Published by Snow Lion High-quality, full-color reproductions. One of the most outstanding pictures of the Potala Palace we've seen. More ... | |
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SPIRIT OF TIBET POSTER by Alison Wright. 18 x 24. #SPTIPO - $ 10.00 Published by Snow Lion This is the image from the cover of Alison's amazing photo book of Tibetan culture Spirit of Tibet. It is intensely red and conveys the strength of the Tibetan people. More ... | |
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A TIBETAN VERB LEXICON: Verbs, Classes, and Syntactic Frames by Paul G. Hackett 224 pp. #TIVELE - regular price $ 29.95 Our Price $20.96 Published by Snow Lion This is the first Tibetan-to-English verb resource to be published in more than thirty years. It is a verb dictionary containing extensive lexical information. Much more than a mere translation of existing works, this lexicon was compiled employing statistical techniques and data, and draws on sources spanning the 1200 years of Tibet's classical literature and covering all major lineages. More ... | |
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TRANSLATING BUDDHISM FROM TIBETAN by Joe Wilson, Jr. 845 pp., 7 x 9, glossary, cloth, a Namgyal Institute Textbook. #TRBUTI - regular price $ 65.00 Our Price $45.50 Published by Snow Lion An Introduction to the Tibetan Literary Language and the Translation of Buddhist Texts from Tibetan More ... | |
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by Joe Wilson, Jr. Optional: 90 min. cassette tape to accompany book. #TRBUTT - regular price $ 10.00 Our Price $7.00 Published by Snow Lion | |
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BUDDHIST TRANSLATIONS: Problems and Perspectives ed. by Lama Doboom Tulku 249 pp., cloth. #BUTRPR - regular price $ 25.00 Our Price $20.00 Discussed are: the theory and principles of translation, the problems in translating Buddhist philosophic texts, lexicography and terminology, problems in translating from Tibetan to English. Contributions are by scholars both from India and abroad working on translations of Buddhist texts. | |
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COLLOQUIAL AND LITERARY TIBETAN: Practical Usage by Dagkar Namgyal Nyima Cloth. 8.5" x 12". 674 pp. #COLITI - $ 80.00 This is a textbook and lexicon dealing with both colloquial and literary Tibetan, for intermediate and advanced students. *Literary words that are not used in conversations are clearly indicated. *Synonyms are given for much of the vocabulary, along with instructions on how to use them in sentences. *This book contains over seven thousand examples, ranging from children's language to high philosophical expressions. A number of Tibetan proverbs and pieces of religious advice with hidden implications are also to be found among them. *Terms are arranged by grammatical function (e.g. adjective, adverb, etc.) and are presented in Tibetan alphabetical order. *An English-Tibetan Glossary serves as a useful aid for learning various Tibetan terms and expressions and their meanings provided under the main entry for each word. It also serves as an index, helping the student to locate relevant information more easily. | |
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COLLOQUIAL TIBETAN: A Textbook of the Lhasa Dialect by Tsetan Chonjore with Andera Abinanti 394 pp. #COTITE - $ 29.95 Mr. Chonjore has been an instructor of Tibetan language for the University of Wisconsin's College Year in Nepal Program since 1983. Colloquial Tibetan has a detailed grammatical analysis of the Lhasa colloquial Tibetan and clarifies the similarities and differences between literary and Lhasa colloquial grammar. There are 15 lessons, each presenting in-depth many different aspects of Tibetan grammar such as the personal/impersonal perspective, the evidential categories carried by verbs and conjugations, the time-based aspect of the language, etc. More ... | |
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A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF BUDDHISM AND ZEN trans. by Michael Kohn, ed. by Ingrid Fischer-Schreiber, Franz-Karl Ehrhard, Michael S. Diener 294 pp., paper. #CODIOF - $ 24.95 With over fifteen hundred entries and forty-six illustrations, A Concise Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen is the most complete compact reference work of its kind available in the English language. It is designed not only for students and meditators but also as a tool to help familiarize all readers with Buddhist terms and concepts—such as chakra, karma, koan, nirvana, and tantra—that are encountered with increasing regularity in the literature of a wide range of fields today. The lives and teachings of important philosophers and meditation masters, the variety of practices, the basic texts and scriptures, and the range of sects and schools of thought are among the subjects covered. Pronunciation tables, a comprehensive bibliography, and a Ch'an/Zen lineage chart are also provided. More ... | |
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AN ENCYCLOPAEDIC TIBETAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY: Volume 1 (Ka-Nya) by the Nationalities Publishing House & the School of Oriental and African Studies; ed. director, Dr. Tadeusz Skorupski; Tibetan ed., Tudeng Nyima; trans., Gyurme Dorje & Tudeng Nyima 1386 pp, cloth. #ENTIEN - $ 95.00 The compilers have covered an astounding range of secular and religious literature, oral tradition and dialects, professional and other terms--this is no doubt the most comprehensive Tibetan-to-English dictionary in a single publication. It reflects the richness and diversity of the popular, intellectual, and religious creativity of the Tibetan people. The entries are given both in the Tibetan script and in Wylie transliteration, along with the English meanings and examples of usage. More ... | |