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Soft cover. Condition: New. Contents: Introduction. 1. A history of the Birth of Sakyamuni Buddha at Lumbini: a marvelous spectacle for the mind. 2. Histories of Kapilavastu and Devadaha. 3. Twelve questions and answers. 4. Construction of the Lumbini Monastery. 5. The three-year retreat at the Lumbini Monastery. 6. Recent activities at Bouddhanath. Concluding explanations and prayers. Closing prayers. Endnotes. Bibliography. Fortunate to Behold is one highly knowledgeable Tibetan lama's brief history of Buddha Sakyamuni's birth in the Lumbini garden, told in a way meant to amaze and inspire readers. Later chapters tell about the author's founding of new temples in Lumbini and Bouddhanath. This corrected version gives a visually enriched version of an original and still very relevant contribution.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. 2nd Edition. Contents: Preface to the First Tibetan edition. Introduction. 1. The origin of the habitat and inhabitants of Tibet. 2. The royal genealogy of Tibet. 3. The spread of the Buddhist teachings in Tibet. 4. Entering the monastic order. 5. Examining and taking possession of the building site. 6. Traditional construction methods. 7. Construction celebrations. 8. The arrangement of paintings and statues within a temple. 9. The origin of the art of painting and sculpture. 10. Proportions of sacred figures. 11. The consecration of images. 12. The cycle of sutra and mantrayana rituals. 13. Holy days and their benefits. Epilogue. Endnotes. Bibliography. Gateway to the Temple is a unique manual of Tibetan Buddhist monastic culture and art that briefly treats even temple building and mural decoration. A precious contribution when its author wrote it in the 1960s, it remains highly relevant today. The present corrected and visually expanded version by Vajra Books reintroduces a hitherto overlooked and forgotten masterwork.…