Aug 1971
VOLUME 2 - NUMBER 8
The Culture of Shangri-la
The Meaning of Nara
The Imperial Eunuchs
Country Report: China
Gray Days in Rangoon
Sharaku Portfolio
A tanka representing Vajradhara, Lamaist-Buddhism's supreme Buddha, embracing his consort. The uninitiated equates themes like this with eroticism (which indeed might have been derived from the sexual yogin tradition of India). To the Lamaist this divine pair represents compassion and wisdom, the coefficients of enlightenment.
FEATURES
Sanjuan Jayasuta. I Become a Bhikkhu
Husein Rofe. Sumatra's Batak People
Kishor Parekh. Nara: Mirror-Image of the T'ang
David Baird. Gray Days in Rangoon
Amando E. Doronila. China Comes In from the Cold
Ulrich Mammitzsch. The Imperial Eunuchs
David Simmons. The Last Tattoos
David L. Snellgrove. Shangri-la
Sharaku Mocks Kabuki
Jason Kirby. Sushi
NEWS
Discoveries
Imperial Nara
Rangoon Opens Up
The Temples of India
The Month's Festivals
Weather Guide
Currency Converter
VOLUME 2 - NUMBER 8
The Culture of Shangri-la
The Meaning of Nara
The Imperial Eunuchs
Country Report: China
Gray Days in Rangoon
Sharaku Portfolio
A tanka representing Vajradhara, Lamaist-Buddhism's supreme Buddha, embracing his consort. The uninitiated equates themes like this with eroticism (which indeed might have been derived from the sexual yogin tradition of India). To the Lamaist this divine pair represents compassion and wisdom, the coefficients of enlightenment.
FEATURES
Sanjuan Jayasuta. I Become a Bhikkhu
Husein Rofe. Sumatra's Batak People
Kishor Parekh. Nara: Mirror-Image of the T'ang
David Baird. Gray Days in Rangoon
Amando E. Doronila. China Comes In from the Cold
Ulrich Mammitzsch. The Imperial Eunuchs
David Simmons. The Last Tattoos
David L. Snellgrove. Shangri-la
Sharaku Mocks Kabuki
Jason Kirby. Sushi
NEWS
Discoveries
Imperial Nara
Rangoon Opens Up
The Temples of India
The Month's Festivals
Weather Guide
Currency Converter
VOLUME 2 - NUMBER 8
The Culture of Shangri-la
The Meaning of Nara
The Imperial Eunuchs
Country Report: China
Gray Days in Rangoon
Sharaku Portfolio
A tanka representing Vajradhara, Lamaist-Buddhism's supreme Buddha, embracing his consort. The uninitiated equates themes like this with eroticism (which indeed might have been derived from the sexual yogin tradition of India). To the Lamaist this divine pair represents compassion and wisdom, the coefficients of enlightenment.
FEATURES
Sanjuan Jayasuta. I Become a Bhikkhu
Husein Rofe. Sumatra's Batak People
Kishor Parekh. Nara: Mirror-Image of the T'ang
David Baird. Gray Days in Rangoon
Amando E. Doronila. China Comes In from the Cold
Ulrich Mammitzsch. The Imperial Eunuchs
David Simmons. The Last Tattoos
David L. Snellgrove. Shangri-la
Sharaku Mocks Kabuki
Jason Kirby. Sushi
NEWS
Discoveries
Imperial Nara
Rangoon Opens Up
The Temples of India
The Month's Festivals
Weather Guide
Currency Converter