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  • To email your proposal, send it to:dorje[dot]kawabata[at]gmail[dot]com

    On Artists and their Patrons aka Larry Pixel 2009

  • Reply what i find most fascinating is that everyone in the world knew what materazzi had said to zidane and assumed it was a racist slur...i am most impressed by the comment that first tells us how "Algerians are treated as badly in France as negroes were once treated in the western world" and then goes on to talk about regaining french glory...an obvious wonderful result of French imperialist and colonialist brainwashing... cc dorje

    Zidane World Cup Headbutt Animation Festival - Anil Dash 2006

  • Jam-pal-yangs (the Wisdom), and Chag-na — dorje (the Justice).

    Among the Tibetans Isabella Lucy 2004

  • The Tibetan _dorje_, like its Greek original, is obviously a conventionalized flower, the leaf-design about the base of the corona being quite clearly defined.

    The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith

  • The emphasis laid on Bajra (that is vajra or dorje), ghantâ, mudrâ, maṇḍala, mystic syllables, and Devîs marks it as an offshoot of Tantrism and it offers many parallels to Nepalese literature.

    Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

  • There was a temple on the roof, and in it, on a platform, were life-size images of Buddha, seated in eternal calm, with his downcast eyes and mild Hindu face, the thousand-armed Chan - ra-zigs (the great Mercy), Jam-pal-yangs (the Wisdom), and Chag-na - dorje (the Justice).

    Among the Tibetans 1867

  • The principal one was a fat fellow, who sat cross-legged before a block-printed Tibetan book, plates of raw meat, rice, and other offerings, and the bells, dorje, etc. of his profession.

    Himalayan Journals — Complete 1864

  • Costumes of Sikkim lamas and monks, with the bell, mani, dorje, and trident.p. 291

    Himalayan Journals — Complete 1864

  • The principal Boodh (Sakya Sing) sits cross-legged, with the left heel up: his left-hand always rests on his thigh, and holds the padmi or lotus and jewel, which is often a mere cup; the right-hand is either raised, with the two forefingers up, or holds the dorje, or rests on the calf of the upturned leg.

    Himalayan Journals — Complete 1864

  • Praying cylinder in stand (see Chapter VII); another to be carried in the hand; cymbals; bell; brass cup; three trumpets; conch; dorje.

    Himalayan Journals — Complete 1864

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