Title: A shrine for Tibet : the Alice S. Kandell collection /
Authors: Rhie, Marylin M.; Thurman, Robert A. F.
Publisher: Tibet House US ;
Year: 2009
Subjects: Kandell, Alice S. Art collections.; Kandell, Alice S. Art collections Catalogs.; Art, Tibetan.; Buddhist art China Tibet Autonomous Region; Buddhist shrines; Art Private collections United States.; Art, Tibetan Catalogs.; Buddhist art China Tibet Autonomous Region Catalogs.; Art Private collections United States Catalogs
Contents: Forewords / H.H. The Dalai Lama ; Robert A.F. Thurman -- Collector's preface / Alice S. Kandell -- Author prefaces / Marylin M. Rhie ; Robert A.F. Thurman -- Acknowledgments -- Note on transcriptions and terminology -- The Tibetan shrine / Robert A.F. Thurman -- From Ganden to Dolonnor to Wutaishan : regional schools of Tibetan Buddhist sculpture (fifteenth to eighteenth centuries) / Marylin M. Rhie -- A shrine for Tibet / Marylin M. Rhie and Robert A.F. Thurman. Buddhas of the three times ; Lamas and spiritual mentors ; Female deities ; Cosmic Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and pure lands ; Adepts, archetype deities, and protectors ; Ritual implements ; Cultural objects.