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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth - II
Books : 1. Kailash - on pilgrimage to the sacred mountain of Tibet - Kerry Moran 2. Sacred landscape of the Himalaya - Eds. - Niels Gutschow, Alex Michaels, Charles Ramble
and Ernst Steinkellner Kailash and Mansarovar - After 22 years in Shiva's Dream - Rahul Kuldip Bedi and Subramaniam Swamy
Pilgrimage in Tibet - Ed. Alex McKay 5. Sacred Spaces and Powerful Places in Tibetan Culture - Ed. Toni Huber
Important Chapters from last two books were copied. Magazines (Regarding Tibetology) 1. Bulletin of Tibetology - Namgyal Institute of Tibetology - Gangtok, Sikkim 2. The Tibet Journal - Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala Library - work continued for three days. We tried to gather all the possible information about Ashtapad from the local historians. It was not necessary to stay in Dharamsala hence on 26th April, Wednesday evening I set off on my return journey. On 27th April, reach Jaipur at 12-15 p.m. There I met Shri Dinesh Bhai and Shri Vimal Bhai Bordia. During the field - work I could not get reliable and sufficient details about Ashtapad, but I am not disappointed. The field - work has opened new horizons for the research of Ashtapad. I would like to mention the following suggestions for the research of Ashtapad: 1. The suggestions of Teshi Tsering La and Ashang Tsering Choephel for the research of
Ashtapad should be discussed and the needful should be done. 2. The help of Tibetan language scholars should be taken.
Tibetan manuscript experts should be involved. The help of the following Tibetan scholars should be taken for the research and information about Ashtapad should be gathered from them. They are : i. Teshi Tsering La - Amnye Machen Institute, Meleod Ganj, Dharamsala (H.P.) 176219 ii. Prof. Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche - University of Naples, Italy
Bhikkhu Pasadik - Phipp's University Marburg, Germany Michael Henss - Swiss art historian, scholar and writer
Franz Karl Ehrhard - Lumbini Research Institute, Nepal vi. Charles Ramble - Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford, England vii.
Ernst Steinkellner - Vienna University, Austria viii. Alex McKay - University College London, England ix. Toni Huber - Professor, Institute for Asian and African Studies at Humboldt
University, Berlin, Germany X. Tsepak Rigzin - A Tibetan scholar and author The following institutions may co-operate for research : i. Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India
Phone: 91-1892-222-467 ; www.ltwa.net
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