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Ganden Monastery (also Gaden or Gandain) or Ganden Namgyeling is one of the ‚great three‘ Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet, located at the top of Wangbur Mountain, Tagtse County, 36 kilometers ENE from the Potala Palace in Lhasa, at an altitude of 4,300m. (The other two ‚great monasteries‘ are Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery.)
Its full name is Ganden Namgyal Ling (dga‘-ldan rmam-rgyal gling). Ganden means „joyful“ and is the Tibetan name for Tuṣita, the heaven where the bodhisattva Maitreya is said to reside. Namgyal Ling means „victorious temple“. Read more: > HERE <
Berzin was born in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. He received his B.A. degree in 1965 from the Department of Oriental Studies, Rutgers University in conjunction with Princeton University and his M.A. in 1967 and Ph.D. in 1972 from the Departments of Far Eastern Languages (Chinese) and Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University. Read More: >HERE <
The Tibetan and Himalayan Library consists of a broad array of collaborating individuals, institutions, and communities. Its overall development is guided by an international advisory board consisting of prominent scholars, librarians, technologists, and community leaders in the field of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, geographical/cultural foci, and institutional bases. In addition, there are a variety of editorial boards responsible for more hands-on design and content development in specific structural components of THL. In addition, THL’s structural components are populated by scores of individual projects with their own administration ranging from a single participant to a large team of participants.
While the content is the result of many institutions and individuals, the underlying technical infrastructure is largely supported by the University of Virginia’s Library and the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities. The Library’s overall design and integration is supported by the University of Virginia’s Scholar’s Lab, which is committing to develop the digital collections in the 21st century. Specific technical initiatives are also supported by a small but very talented group of volunteer technologists who have played a crucial role in the development of THL. We would also make special note of THL’s technical collaboration with Tibet University’s Engineering School. More: www.uvatibetcenter.org
We are presently in the process of launching a new application for documenting our projects, participants, and organizations to be released in 2009. In the meantime, you can consult our editorial boards:
- THL Executive Board: www.thlib.org
- Medicine Collections Editorial Board
- Architecture Collections Editorial Board
- Art Collections Editorial Board
- Environmental and Cultural Geography Editorial Board
- Environment Collections Editorial Board
- Geography Collections Editorial Board
- History Collections Editorial Board
- Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies Editorial Board
- Language and Linguistics Collections Editorial Board
- Literature Collections Editorial Board
- Music Collections Editorial Board
- Natural Sciences Collections Editorial Board
- Religion Collections Editorial Board
- Special Collections Editorial Board
- Tibetan and Himalayan Reference Resources Editorial Board
- Tibetan Historical Dictionary Editorial Board
- Tibetan and Himalayan Collections Editorial Board
- Tibetan and Himalayan Community Resources Editorial Board
- Tibetan and Himalayan Educational Resources Editorial Board
- Tibetan and Himalayan Tools Editorial Board
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