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A Rosary of Rubies: The Chronicle of the Gur-rigs mDo-chen Tradition from South-Western Tibet
Full text linkThe mDo-chen bKa’-brgyud-pa school represents a little known Buddhist tradition from Mang-yul Gung-thang in south-western Tibet. It goes back to a Buddhist yogin known as Ma-bdun-pa or Ma-bdun ras-chen (12th/13th c.) and was later mainly spread by members of the Gur family. Although belonging to the “Upper ’Brug” (stod ’brug) branch of the ’Brug-pa bKa’-brgyud-pa school, the mDo-chen tradition has always been deeply infused with the “spoken teachings” (bka’ ma) and “treasure teachings” (gter ma) of the rNying-ma-pa school, and the cult of the “Seven Ma-mo Sisters” (ma mo mched bdun) was particularly practised and transmitted by its members. This book presents a critical edition, an annotated translation and a photographic reproduction of a manuscript copy of a rare chronicle of the Gur-rigs mDo-chen tradition written by Brag-dkar rta-so sPrul-sku Chos-kyi dbang-phyug (1775–1837). The text provides us with an overview of the tradition’s development mainly through biographical accounts but also through prophecies, prayers and praises for individual masters. The study concludes with two appendices based on the mDo chen bka’ brgyud gser ’phreng, a lineage history composed in the 15th century, and the “records of teachings received” (thob yig) of three important members of the Gur family, thus allowing us to gain an insight into the transmissions of the mDo-chen bKa’-brgyud-pa school and the interactions of its representatives with other important Buddhist teachers up to the 18th century. The present work is a further outcome of the author’s investigations into the cultural and religious traditions of south-western Tibet and the neighbouring Himalayan valleys
Comment on: Tseng C-H, Tseng C-P, Chong C-K et al. Increasing incidence of diagnosed type 2 diabetes in Taiwan: analysis of data from a national cohort.
No full textRede uitgesproken op 17 september 1956 ter gelegenheid van de erepromotie van Dr. Th. von Karman door de promotor Dr. C.B. Biezeno
No full textRede uitgesproken door prof. C.B. Biezeno ter gelegenheid van de erepromotie aan de TH Delft van dr. Theodore von Karman.Precision and Microsystems EngineeringMechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineerin
Long-term mortality assessment using biological measures among elderly people: ten-year follow-up of 597 healthy elderly cohort in Taiwan
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Matrix model in a class of time dependent supersymmetric backgrounds
No full textAbstractWe discuss the matrix model in a class of 11D time dependent supersymmetric backgrounds as obtained in [B. Chen, Phys. Lett. B 632 (2006) 393, hep-th/0508191]. We construct the matrix model action through the matrix regularization of the membrane action in the background. We show that the action is exact to all orders of fermionic coordinates. Furthermore we discuss the fuzzy sphere solutions in this background
Stegana (Steganina) pianmaensis Chen & Chen, 2012, sp. nov.
No full textStegana (Steganina) pianmaensis sp. nov. (Figs 45–50) Diagnosis. This species is related to S. danbaensis sp. nov. in the male terminalia, but in this species: 10 th sternite slightly protruded apicolaterally (Fig. 47); aedeagus lacking serrated, minute processes on dorsal surfaces (Fig. 49). Description. Male terminalia: Epandrium roundly protruded ventrally (Fig. 45). Cercus lacking pubescence (Fig. 45). Surstylus with 8 prensisetae submedially (Fig. 46). Tenth sternite broadened, slightly protruded apico- and basolaterally (Fig. 47). Paramere with ca. 5, 6 sensilla (Figs 48, 49). Aedeagus with globular projections bearing finely serrated processes basally (Figs 48, 49), nearly heart-shaped on opening in ventral view, protruded apically (Fig. 48). Gonopods broadly round apically, not protruded dorsomedially (Fig. 50). Measurements. BL = 2.89 mm in holotype (2.93 mm in 1 Ƥ paratype), ThL = 1.76 mm (1.89 mm), WL = 3.48 mm (3.50 mm), WW = 1.48 mm (1.53 mm), arb = 8 / 6 (8 / 5–6), avd = 0.70 (0.83), adf = 1.43 (1.49), flw = 1.86 (1.86), FW/HW = 0.41 (0.43), ch/o = 0.16 (0.16), prorb = 0.90 (0.84), rcorb = 0.67 (0.65), vb = 0.40 (0.43), dcl = 0.45 (0.46), presctl = 0.50 (0.50), sctl = 1.38 (1.39), sterno = 0.88 (0.88), orbito = 1.80 (1.80), dcp = 0.26 (0.25), sctlp = 2.30 (2.20), C = 2.07 (2.17), 4 c = 1.11 (1.02), 4 v = 1.86 (1.66), 5 x = 1.46 (1.57), ac = 10.25 (10.50), M = 0.51 (0.54), C 3 F = 0.79 (0.68). Type material. Holotype 3 (SCAU, No. 120776), CHINA: Pianma, Baoshan, Yunnan, 26 ˚01’N, 98 ˚ 37 ’E, 1700 m, 12.viii. 2001, HW Chen. Paratype: CHINA: 1 Ƥ (SCAU, No. 120777), same data as holotype. Distribution. China (Yunnan). Etymology. In reference to the type locality.Published as part of Chen, Xi-Peng & Chen, Hong-Wei, 2012, Ten new species of the Stegana (Steganina) shirozui species group (Diptera, Drosophilidae) from China, pp. 24-37 in Zootaxa 3333 on page 32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21543
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