The Question(s) of Tibet - World Affairs Council

TIBETAN BUDDHISM/ART/ARCHITECTURE
THE ART OF BUDDHISM
www.asia.si.edu/explore/teacherResources/ArtofBuddhism1.pdf
This 136‐page pdf includes maps, illustrations, lesson plans, and essays on Buddhism in India,
China and Japan.
HIMALAYAS AN AESTHETIC ADVENTUER
http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/himalayas/default.htm
Asian Art Connections: Resources for Educators. Download short curriculum resource pdf.
http://www.asia.si.edu/explore/listByArea.asp?browseTopic=9
BUDDHISM: BACKGROUND, ART, TEACHER RESOURCES
http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/buddhism/html/index.htm
BUDDHIST ART
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/budd/hd_budd.htm
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: TIBET TOUR: GO TO THE HEART OF ITS BUDDHIST
SACRED ART IN A NEW WASHINGTON EXHIBITION 4/15/10
http://www.csmonitor.com/The‐Culture/Arts/2010/0415/Tibet‐tour‐Go‐to‐the‐heart‐of‐its‐
Buddhist‐sacred‐art‐in‐a‐new‐Washington‐exhibition
'In the Realm of the Buddha' offers a rare glimpse into Tibet's sacred art and reveals a history
largely lost.
THE MISSING PEACE: ARTISTS AND THE DALAI LAMA
http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Buddhism/2008/09/Walking‐with‐the‐Dalai‐Lama.aspx
"The Missing Peace: Artists & the Dalai Lama" was sponsored by the Committee
of 100 for Tibet and the Dalai Lama Foundation, traveling throughout 2007. Each piece aimed
to chart the artists' personal journey toward peace. As the Dalai Lama said of the project, "I am
convinced that if more of us could spend a few minutes every day trying to develop a sense of
inner peace, eventually it would become part of our lives; then everything we do will contribute
to peace in the world." Site includes 22 pieces of art.
Sometimes in life,
the missing piece is
the missing peace.
WHY POTALA PALACE IS A WONDER (11/9/06)
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/7Wonders/story?id=2638500&page=1
For centuries, Tibet developed a remarkable and entirely unique culture…The very center of
Tibet is Lhasa, and the very center of Lhasa, for more than three centuries, has been the Potala
Palace. An unfathomable building erected on a rock face 13 stories high, it has golden turrets on
the roof that can be seen 12 miles away, and stretches for more than a 1,000 feet along a ridge
against the snowcaps. The Potala looks and feels like no other building on the planet. But more
extraordinary is its meaning. It was at once a center of government, a residence of Tibet's ruler
(the Dalai Lama), the site of a monastery and a mausoleum for eight previous Dalai Lamas. It's
as if the White House, the Houses of Congress, Arlington Cemetery and the National Cathedral
were all concentrated in a single building.
World Affairs Council Teacher Resource Packet – The Question(s) of Tibet February 28, 2011
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