Suggested Adult Reading

Ancient Tibet
Berkeley, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1986.

Art of Enlightenment
Berkeley, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1987.

Argüelles
José and Miriam Mandala
Boston: Shambhala, 1995.

In Exile from the Land of Snows
Avedon, John F
New York: Harper Perennial, 1994.

Tibet, Journey to the Forbidden City:
Retracing the Steps of Alexandra David-Néel

Baldizzone, Tiziana & Gianni
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1994.

Nomads of Western Tibet
Beall, Cynthia & Melvyn Goldstein
Berkeley, CA: Univ. of California Press, 1990.

Tibetan Portrait: The Power of Compassion
Borges, Phil
New York: Rizzoli Books, 1996.

The Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan Buddhism
Brauen, Martin
Boston: Shambhala, 1992.

The Wheel of Time
Sand, Mandala, Bryant, Barry
New York: Harper Collins, 1995.

Say It in Tibetan
Chophel, Norbu
New Delhi: Indraprastha Press, 1994.

Folk Tales of Tibet
Dharamsala, India:
Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 1984.

Tintin’s Travel Diaries: Tibet
De Bruycker, Daniel & Martine Noblet
Hauppauge, New York: Barron’s, 1995.

White Lotus: An Introduction to Tibetan Culture
Elchert, Carole
Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 1990.

Tibet is My Country: The Autobiography of
Thubten Jigme Norbu, Brother of the Dalai Lama, as Told to Heinrich Harrer.

Fitzgerald, Edward, Trans
London: Wisdom Publications, 1986.

Tibetan Folk Tales and Fairy Tales
Ghose, Sudhin N. Calcutta
Rupa & Co., 1995.

A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-51
Goldstein, Melvyn
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1989.

The Remote World of Tibet’s Nomads
National Geographic: Vol. 175, no. 6, pp. 752-781.

The Struggle for Modern Tibet: The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering
William Siebenschuh & Tashi Tsering
New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1997.

Tibetan Voices
Harris, Brian
San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, 1996.

Tibetan Thangka Painting, Materials & Methods
Jackson, David & Janice
Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1984.


Websites

www.asianart.com

www.tibet.com

www.tibet.org

www.ciolek.com

www.milarepa.org

www.savetibet.org

www.tibetcollection.com

The Book of Buddhas, Ritual Symbolism used on
Buddhist Statuary and Ritual Objects

Jansen, Eva Rudy
Holland: Binkey Kok Publications, 1990.

Tibet: Reflections from the Wheel of Life
Kelly, Thomas
New York: Abbeville Press, 1993.

Constructing Tibetan Culture
Korom, Frank J., ed.
Quebec: World Heritage Press, 1997.

Tibetan Culture in the Diaspora
Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1997.

Tibet: the Issue is Independence
Lazar, Edward, ed.
Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 1994.

Mandala: The Architecture of Enlightenment
Leidy, Denise P. & Robert Thurman
Boston: Shambhala, 1996.

A Cultural History of Tibet
Snellgrove, David & Hugh Richardson
New York: Praeger, 1968.

Tibetan Civilization
Stein, R. A.
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1972.

Sacred Art of Tibet
Tulku, Tarthang
Berkeley, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1972.

In Long Forgotten Tibet
Ward, Fred
National Geographic. Vol. 157, pp. 218-259.

Living Tibet
Warren, Bill & Rose, Nanci Hoetzlein
Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Press, 1995.

Art of Exile: Paintings by Tibetan Children in India
Museum of New Mexico
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1998.

Tibetan Buddhist Altar
Reynolds, Valrae.
Newark, NJ: The Newark Museum, 1991.

Buddhist Symbols in Tibetan Culture
Rinpoche, Dagyab
Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1995.

My Tibet
Rowell, Galen & The Dalai Lama
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1990.

The Wheel of Time: The Kalachakra in Context
Simon, Beth, ed.
Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1985.

Book Publishers & Distributors

Potala
New York, NY
(212) 251-0360

Shambhala
Boston, MA
(617) 424-0228

Snow Lion Publications
Ithaca, NY
(800) 950-0313

Wisdom Publications
Boston, MA
(800) 272-4050

Yak & Yeti
(Used & Out of Print)
Rockville, MD (301) 869-5860

Children’s Books

Prince Siddhartha Coloring Book
Brooke, Lara & Janet
Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1996.

Our Journey from Tibet
Dolphin, Laurie
New York: Dutton Children’s Books, 1997.

Explore Tibet
Evers, Kimberly, et al.
Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1992.

The Mountains of Tibet
Gerstein, Mordicai
New York: Harper Trophy, 1987.

Gesar! The Epic Tale of
Tibet’s Great Warrior King

Gerstein, Mordicai
Berkeley, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1991.

The Land of the Snows
Gibb, Christopher
Dharamsala, India: Tibetan Children’s Village, 1984.

Independence to Exile
Gibb, Christopher
Dharamsala, India:
Tibetan Children’s Village, 1987.

Hero of the Land of Snow
Gretchen, Sylvia
Berkeley, CA:
Dharma Publishing, 1990.

Where is Tibet?
Halpern, Gina
Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1991.

Tintin in Tibet
Hergé.
London: Mammoth, 1990.

Tibet
Kalman, Bobbie
New York: Crabtree Publishing Co., 1990.

Stories from Ladakh
Kapur, Kusum
New Delhi: Harper Collins, 1994.

Prince Siddhartha: The Story of Buddha
Landaw, Jonathan & Janet Brooke
Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 1984.

Learning from the Dalai Lama
Pandell, Karen & Barry Bryant
New York: Dutton Children’s Books, 1995.

The Little Lama of Tibet
Raimondo, Lois New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1994.

Himalaya: Vanishing Culture
Reynolds, Jan
San Diego, CA: Harcourt, Brace & Jovanivich, 1991.

The Buddha’s Question
Rowe, W.W.
Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1994.

The Magic Tree
Rowe, W.W.
Poolesville, MD:
Tara Enterprises Int., 1993.

The Rabbit & the Tigerdile
Rowe, W.W. Ithaca, NY:
Snow Lion Publications, 1997.

To the Lion Throne:
The Story of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

Stewart, Whitney
Ithaca, NY:
Snow Lion Publications, 1990.

A Treasury of Wise Action
Jakata Tales of Compassion and Wisdom

Stewart, Whitney
Berkeley, CA: 1993.

The Boy who had a Dream
Tulku, Ringu
Forres, Scotland: Findhorn Press, 1995.

Tara’s Colouring Book
Weber, Andy & Nigel Wellings.
Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications,1992.

CD’s

The Gyuto Monks:
Tibetan Tantric Choir
Windham Hill Records, 1987.

Tibetan Sacred Temple Music
Eight Lamas from Drepung

Oasis Productions

Jakata Tales

The Best of Friends
Oakland, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1989.

Courageous Captain
Oakland, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1989.

The Fish King’s Power of Truth
Oakland, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1990.

Golden Foot
Oakland, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1993.

Great Gift and the Wish-Fulfilling Gem
Oakland, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1990.

Heart of Gold
Oakland, CA:
Dharma Publishing, 1989.

Hero of the Land of Snow
Oakland, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1990.

The Hunter and the Quail
Oakland, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1993.

The Magic of Patience
Oakland, CA:
Dharma Publishing, 1989.

The Parrot and the Fig Tree
Oakland, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1990.

The Power of a Promise
Oakland, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1989.

A Precious Life
Oakland, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1989.

The Rabbit in the Moon
Oakland, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1989.

The Rabbit Who Overcame Fear
Oakland, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1991.

Secret of the Healing Treasures
Oakland, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1996.

The Value of Friends
Oakland, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1990.

Educational Curriculum Guides

When the Iron Bird Flies:
A Handbook on Tibetan Cultural Survival

Includes slide packets, suggested bibliography
for grades K-4, 5-8, 9-12 and suggested videography.
Garfunkel, Jon & the Milarepa Fund, eds

Tibet Education Network
Jon Garfunkel
P.O. Box 30094
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 781-8060

The Milarepa Fund
2350 Taylor Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 474-0866
www.milarepa.org

Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
Tibet Museum Teachers’ Guide
338 Lighthouse Avenue
P.O. Box 060198
Staten Island, NY 10306
(718) 987-3500

Resources

Kagyu Shenpen Kunchab Buddhist Center
751 Airport Road
Santa Fe, NM 87505
(505) 471-1152

Karma Thegsum Choling Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center
139 La Plata NW
Albuquerque, NM 87107
(505) 343-0692

Noble Truth Bookstore
751 Airport Road
Santa Fe, NM 87505
(505) 471-5336

Project Tibet

403 Canyon Road
Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 982-3002

Sister City Project Boulder Lhasa
776 Cottage Lane
Boulder, CO 80304
(303) 443-9863

Tibet House
241 East 32nd Street
New York, NY 10016
(212) 213-5592

The Tibetan Resettlement Project New Mexico
P.O. Box 4789
Albuquerque, NM 87196-4789
(505) 473-0892 or (505) 888-6190

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