Amy Holmes‐tagchungdarpa
Biographic Data
| ID | 4922696 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy Holmes‐tagchungdarpa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy |
| FAMILY NAME | Holmes‐tagchungdarpa |
| SIGNATURE | TAGCHUNGDARPA A H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Occidental College |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-7718-3759 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Through the India-China Border
Preserving Offerings, Prolonging Merit
Despite official bans, public criticism and concern over pollution, plastics are widely used in Buddhist material culture in the Indian Himalayan state of Sikkim. Using the framework of the seven bowls of water offerings, undertaken every morning to the Buddhas and deities in domestic shrine rooms, and ethnographic observations, as a way to frame discussions of changing material culture, I will interrogate how plastics are used and waste is re-pu…
The Book as a Generative Agent
In western Sikkim, when they are wrapped in offering scarves, taken to visit the homes of local Buddhist patrons, and carried around local villages and fields as part of a ritual procession, or circumambulation, known as the Bumkor, the books that make up the Bum are not just objects, but are generative, active agents that are capable of producing and renewing auspiciousness in the local human and nonhuman community that reside in the landscape. …
Continuing Revelations
Treasure (Tibetan: gter ma) lineages are distinctive forms of visionary Buddhist practice found throughout the classical Tibetan literary world. Treasures are revealed by tertön (gter ston), Buddhist masters with karmic connections to the Tibetan past who have been preordained to recover treasures at the right time and place. There has been rich scholarship on the processes of treasure discovery and communities that have been inspired by treasure…
Muslims on the Roof of the World–David G. Atwill 's Islamic Shangri‐la
Sacred Routes of Uyghur History, written by Rian Thum
When a Woman Becomes a Religious Dynasty
While male reincarnations (tulkus) in Tibetan Buddhism, most notably the Dalai Lama, have long captivated western scholars, female incarnation lineages are far less common. Hildegard Diemberger's latest book, When a Woman Becomes a Religious Dynasty: The Samding Dorje Phagmo of Tibet, focuses on one of the few and certainly the most prominent example of an incarnation lineage that was began and has been continued by women: the Dorje Phagmo lineag…
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When a Woman Becomes a Religious Dynasty
While male reincarnations (tulkus) in Tibetan Buddhism, most notably the Dalai Lama, have long captivated western scholars, female incarnation lineages are far less common. Hildegard Diemberger's latest book, When a Woman Becomes a Religious Dynasty: The Samding Dorje Phagmo of Tibet, focuses on one of the few and certainly the most prominent example of an incarnation lineage that was began and has been continued by women: the Dorje Phagmo lineag…
Sacred Routes of Uyghur History, written by Rian Thum
Muslims on the Roof of the World–David G. Atwill 's Islamic Shangri‐la
The Book as a Generative Agent
In western Sikkim, when they are wrapped in offering scarves, taken to visit the homes of local Buddhist patrons, and carried around local villages and fields as part of a ritual procession, or circumambulation, known as the Bumkor, the books that make up the Bum are not just objects, but are generative, active agents that are capable of producing and renewing auspiciousness in the local human and nonhuman community that reside in the landscape. …
Continuing Revelations
Treasure (Tibetan: gter ma) lineages are distinctive forms of visionary Buddhist practice found throughout the classical Tibetan literary world. Treasures are revealed by tertön (gter ston), Buddhist masters with karmic connections to the Tibetan past who have been preordained to recover treasures at the right time and place. There has been rich scholarship on the processes of treasure discovery and communities that have been inspired by treasure…
Preserving Offerings, Prolonging Merit
Despite official bans, public criticism and concern over pollution, plastics are widely used in Buddhist material culture in the Indian Himalayan state of Sikkim. Using the framework of the seven bowls of water offerings, undertaken every morning to the Buddhas and deities in domestic shrine rooms, and ethnographic observations, as a way to frame discussions of changing material culture, I will interrogate how plastics are used and waste is re-pu…
Through the India-China Border
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