Bareja-Starzyńska Agata

Local and global approaches concern most human activities. Even unrelated events after a deeper analysis may appear to have a common ground or source although the local circumstances may greatly influence it. Regarding Asian studies focus was laid on research on the impact of particular Asian cultures. How much do they influence certain activities and how different they are if seen in a global context? What is the contribution of Asian cultures to the world considering cultur...

Język tybetański zaliczany jest do rodziny języków chińsko-tybetańskich, a wraz z birmańskim tworzy grupę języków tybeto-birmańskich. Ze względu na swą długą historię, zasięg i kulturotwórczą rolę język tybetański jest, obok chińskiego, najważniejszym językiem Azji Wschodniej i Środkowej. Historia języka tybetańskiego sięga połowy VII wieku i wiąże się z wprowadzeniem religii buddyjskiej do Tybetu. Wraz z upiśmiennieniem podjęto w następnych stuleciach wielkie zadanie przetłu...

“(...) Through an open window in one of the university buildings he chanced to observe and — having then stopped — to listen to one of Professor Stanisław Kałuzynski’s brilliant lectures. Jerzy Tulisow was then and there literally driven to enter the world of the fascinating Other: the Mongols, Turks, Manchus and other Tungusic peoples and their cultures. A window usually serves as a metaphor for opportunity, access to something and entry into another world. Let u...

The monograph presents the biography of the First Khalkha Jetsundampa Zanabazar (1635-1723) as a literary work of the 17th century Mongolian Buddhist monk, the Khalkha Zaya Pandita Losang Prinlei (Tib. Blo bzang 'phrin las, Mong. Luvsanprinlei, 1642-1715).1 It was composed in the Tibetan language, which soon became the language of the intellectual religious elite of the Mongols. The aim of this study is to show how a Buddhist disciple described the life of his m...