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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP529/1/24
Title:: Manal healing sutra
Scope & Content:: Praise to Otoch Manal or Medicine Buddha which has been long known to Mongolians as the Healing Buddha. He is said to dispense spiritual medicine when properly worshipped. It is even believed that it is efficacious merely touching the image of the Healing Buddha which is now widespread across Mon...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: 1890s-1920s
Extent:: 292 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP529/1/25
Title:: Manaliin Donchid medicinal text
Scope & Content:: Prayer text devoted to the Healing Buddha or Otoch Manal praising him and requesting his protection against illness, sufferings and unhappiness. Once recited and chanted, the text is believed to go under the care of the Healing Buddha. The text is also recited for those who have fallen ill and su...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: 1890s-1920s
Extent:: 330 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP529/1/26
Title:: Michee Rinchin Bumba sutra
Scope & Content:: A detailed description of reaching nirvana, the state of compassion and peace. It is likely that the manuscript was ordered to be printed in Beijing which used to be a place where most large scale woodblock manuscripts were printed.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: 1890s-1920s
Extent:: 334 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP529/1/27
Title:: Nogoon Dari Ehiin payan
Scope & Content:: A brief story of Green Tara. Tara, whose name means "star" or "she who ferries across," is a Bodhisattva of compassion who manifests in female form. In Tibetan, Tara is known as "Dölma" (Sgrol-ma), or "She Who Saves." In particular she represents compassion in action, since she’s in the process ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: 1890s-1920s
Extent:: 24 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP529/1/28
Title:: Taru Chamba sutra (Volume-1)
Scope & Content:: One of the popular manuscripts in the past and at present which is recited in monasteries and individually for the sake of the deceased and of the living. Many believe that the manuscript helps an individual be relieved from past grief and sufferings, and promotes compassion, love and happiness.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: 1890s-1920s
Extent:: 240 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP529/1/29
Title:: Taru Chamba sutra (Volume-2)
Scope & Content:: A version of one of the popular manuscripts in the past and at present which is recited in monasteries and individually for the sake of the deceased and of the living. Many believe that the manuscript helps an individual be relieved from past grief and sufferings, and promotes compassion, love an...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: 1890s-1920s
Extent:: 202 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP529/1/30
Title:: Tarvachamba
Scope & Content:: This particular title has been created in different versions. Taru Chamba is one of the popular manuscripts in the past and at present which is recited in monasteries and individually for the sake of the deceased and of the living. Many believe that the manuscript helps an individual be relieved ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: 1890s-1920s
Extent:: 278 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP529/1/33
Title:: Tsogt Tsagiin Hurden sutra
Scope & Content:: This manuscript is also named as Duinhoriin Sutra or Manuscript of Duinhor Deity. The text is recited in monasteries and at the request of a person in his/her home to praise the Duinhor Deity and to ask his deliverance. This text is unique as it is likely to have been handwritten in the 1860s and...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: 1890s-1920s
Extent:: 275 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP529/1/35
Title:: Jadamba sutra
Scope & Content:: This manuscript is also called concise teachings of Buddha. The text is recited for the sake of being healthy and happy in this life and in the afterlife, bringing luck, wisdom, all the best to a person. For centuries, the manuscript has served as one of the objects of worship in every family.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: 1890s-1920s
Extent:: 117 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP529/1/36
Title:: Janraisegiin Jovtui
Scope & Content:: The text is recited in the mornings before everyday religious rituals or ceremonies in monasteries. Janraiseg is a Mongolian pronunciation of Chenrezi (Tibetan). Chenrezi is the Bodhisattva of Compassion. With a mantra, OM MANI PADME HUM! (Hail the jewel in the lotus!), he tirelessly attempts to ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: 1890s-1920s
Extent:: 14 TIFF images

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