por pedroceinos | Ene 6, 2026 | culture, tibet, travel
Most Frequent Scenes from the Life of the Buddha in Tibetan Art Most Frequent Scenes from the Life of the Buddha in Tibetan Art In fact, only a few moments are repeated very frequently in Tibetan paintings. In some versions there are eight—an auspicious number for...
por pedroceinos | Ene 5, 2026 | books, culture
The Dog as Psychopomp in China The Dog as Psychopomp in China One of the oldest human beliefs was that after death there existed an immaterial part of the person—later called the soul or spirit—that did not disappear with the body. Its origin may lie in the “presence”...
por pedroceinos | Ene 3, 2026 | books, culture
An ambitious project to rewrite history An ambitious project to rewrite history. It is what we see in Lhamsuren Munkh-Erdene, The Nomadic Leviathan. A Critique of the Sinocentric Paradigm. Brill. Leiden. 2023. Now free to download in the publisher’s webpage. This book...
por pedroceinos | Ene 2, 2026 | books, culture
Why I devoted more than a year to researching suicide in Chinese culture Why I devoted more than a year to researching suicide in Chinese culture In early November 2022 my friend, the psychiatrist Luz González Sánchez, told me that she was preparing a lecture on...
por pedroceinos | Ene 2, 2026 | travel
The Kumbum of Gyantse and the secret of the ancient Buddhist temples The Kumbum of Gyantse and the secret of the ancient Buddhist temples Almost everyone who visits Tibet with enough time includes Gyantse in their itinerary, and in this city, a visit to its famous...
