data bases – overview

Data base 1:
Kharnatsang Collection of Skad (KCS)

Digital processing of one of the central collections of recitation formulas (ké) of the Tibetan Yungdrung Bön tradition. Collaboration with Geshé Dawa Namgyal Kharnatsang.

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Recently, the Yale Journal of Music and Religion has published an article on Kharnatsang’s work on the heart mantras and their relation to the of Yungdrung Bön.
The article is available here: „Sacred Recitation of the Tibetan Yungdrung Bön Tradition: The Kharnatsang Collection of Skad and the Arrrangement of the Three Heart Mantras.“



Data base 2:
Menri kang-bum

List of short rituals of the kang-wha type from the Tibetan Menri Monastery, including black and white copies of the respective manuscripts and audio recordings of the required recitation formulas. Collaboration with Geshé Dawa Namgyal Kharnatsang.

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Data base 3:
Gyer-yang:  The slow chant of the Bön tradition

Digital processing of the melodic units (neums) of the slow chanting in the Tibetan Bön religion, featuring video demonstrations  of gyer-yang performance produced in collaboration with the ICEM  (Folkwang University of the Arts, Germany). In collaboration with Geshé Dawa Namgyal Kharnatsang.

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