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A systematic study of the Tibetan charms and amulets, mantras and
cakras that have afforded their wearers protection for centuries
and which remain a living tradition today. Drawing from indigenous
works of the 19th century, the author illustrates and explains 109
amulets and their accompanying mantras, as well as 102 cakras,
primarily associated with the Nyingma-pa and Bon traditions. The
author also employs the amulets and cakras to reveal details of the
myriad gods, demons and other supernatural beings-many incorporated
into Buddhism from earlier belief systems-that comprise the Tibetan
pantheon.
These are the memoirs of a Dob-dob', or fighting monk, trained to
keep the peace in a monastic community of several thousand monks,
during and after the Chinese invasion of Tibet, in 1959. The true
story of a young man born in a traditional Tibetan village,
ordained a monk in one of the country's great monasteries, and
eventually assigned the post of dob-dob, a 'fighting monk' charged
with maintaining monastic order. Fleeing Tibet with the Dalai Lama
after the Chinese invasion of 1959, never to see his native land
again, and suffering the loss of a leg during the'
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