The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs [Import] [Hardcover]

Robert Beer (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Serindia Publications; 2Rev Ed edition (2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932476105
• ISBN-13: 978-1932476101
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,492,014 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars who else can draw like this?, April 25, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs (Hardcover)

Other reviewers have praised the usefulness of this beautiful book for those interested in Tibetan Religious Art and Vajrayana Buddhism. No doubt the efforts of this author to make this most complex of traditions more accessible and intelligible deserves our gratitude. However I would like to particularly point to the artistic quality of the plates. Today in the time of computer graphics and push-button reproduction of images, it is hard to find anyone under the age of 70 who has taken the care to acquire artistic skill and apply it as Robert Beer has done. The plates in this book are all originally composed, not just copied. They are accomplished by drawing with the finest imaginable brush and ink (no computerized improvements here). In other words, we are talking a labor of love which is also a masterpiece. Each plate yields new detail and delight on each viewing. I write this to tempt those who are not devotees of Eastern religion but are lovers of fine art to invest. It will yield hours of pleasure in the seeeing for the rest of your life.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Coverage of Tibetan Ritual Symbols, March 30, 2000

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Theodor Schupbach (Thailand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs (Hardcover)

I would like to recommend this book to anyone who is seriously interested in practising Vajrayana Buddhism, as it accurately decribes and illustrates every ritual item. Appropriate guidance is given throughout the book in terms of usage, purpose and source of origin for each motif. A treasure to be kept before it vanishes from this world.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!, January 10, 2000

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Clare Dygert (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs (Hardcover)

Robert Beer's book is a feast, a master work. I will turn to it time and time again. No practicing Tibetan Buddhist should be without this in her library. Thank you so much, Mr. Beer for what you have given us. As I was reading your book, I was looking at my thankgas more closely than I ever have before, understanding them in ways I never could before.