'This body of mine and your body, O father, This speech of mine and your speech, O father, This mind of mine and your mind, O father, Through your inspiring...
Dear friends, I would like to ask you if anybody know about Tibetan phonetics being transliterated into the International phonetic Alphabet - IPA? I tried to...
... I would think that would be tough, with all the Tibetan dialects, unless one is standardizing on the Lhasa dialect.. I have not seen a good way to...
Dear Margaret, I think the correct (& not phonetic) transcription, done in hideous "extended Wylie" would be: oM su pra tiSh+Tha badz+ra ye swA hA Or in...
I have just begun to learn the alphabet and am already confused by what appears to be a contradiction in the sound of the first gutteral. From previous study...
It's the famous how is ka pronounced, some spell it phonetically as ka, others ga, I think the answer is somewhere between. It also depends how ka is...
Try www.learntibetan.net where you can listen. The first column letter is "ka." "Ga" appears in the third column. In listening, the sound may really be between...
I don't think Padma is correct. In the first four sets of four letters, neither the first nor third letter is aspirated; only the second one is. The ...
Hello all, I've been told that regional accents make a difference here too. I first started learning tibetan at a Kagyu centre and then later at a Geluk one. I...
Hi everyone, this is my first post so I hope I don't embarrass myself too badly. I'd have to second Roger, I've been self studying Tibetan for a few years now,...
I was talking about the difference between "ka" and "ga" in *English*, not in Tibetan, as far as aspiration. -Padma demmer8@... wrote: I don't think Padma...
Hi! My name is Andreia, I'm from portugal, and i'm learning tibetan language. But i'm finding it very difficult to do so on my own, so i'm requesting your...
When I clicked on the link I got an error message, "object not found" -- "This time, like all times, is a good one if we but know what to do with it." Ralph...
Dear all, I had the same problem until I noticed that a full stop (.) had crept in to the url. ( http://jigtenmig.blogspot.com. ) This address works ...
Dear members. I was analysing the etymology of the word “’jig rten” in Tibetan and went through some passages in some sutras defining the word. I would...
Hello, everybody! Here is a line from a well-know chant: 'og min chos kyi dbyings kyi pho brang nas (or "na") I saw three different translations of it: 1. In...
Dear Misha, Why do you assume that only one has to be correct and the other two necessarily wrong? Tibetan does not often work that way, especially verse....
"There is so much benefit to helping those who want to study and practice." - Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche Dear Friends, I am going to study the Tibetan language...
Dear members Does anyone know how we call in Tibetan or the Tibetan terms for the famous specialty of madhiamika where some call in English "The Four Logic ...
Dear Dharma Friends. While studying the four nobles truths from some Tibetan commentaries I tried to follow the "The Sutra of the Dharma Wheel" (skr....
The Eight Verses of Mind Training composed by Dorje Senge, the Kadampa Geshe Langri Thangpa 1. With the thought of accomplishing the highest benefit For all...
