286th INTG Meeting – A Talk and Presentation by Carol Stratton The Script for Carol’s Talk and Presentation The subjects most often depicted on monastery walls are the Life of the Buddha and the tosachat, the last ten Jatakas telling of the Buddha’s ten previous lives. These Jatakas each explain a given virtue which the … Read more
284th INTG Meeting – A Talk and Film Presentation by Frits Staal Altar of Fire (1976): A Documentary by Robert Gardner and J. F. Staal for The Film Study Center at Harvard University “I will show a splendid new copy of the 45 min film called “Altar of Fire” by Harvard film maker Bob Gardner … Read more
280th INTG Meeting – A Talk and DVD Video Presentation by Reinhard Hohler Introduction The documentary was produced in 1989, when Reinhard Hohler led a German ZDF television channel film team across Thailand to unravel the mystery of the Emerald Buddha. The film Reinhard showed this evening was a recently released American edition, with an … Read more
271st INTG Meeting – A Talk and Video Presentation by Terris and Leslie Nguyen Temple About Terris and Leslie Terris Temple (USA) has been involved in studying, creating and teaching Tibetan thangka art for the last thirty years. Prior to working on this project he focused on teaching thangka iconography and painting to his students. … Read more
270th INTG Meeting – A Talk and Presentation by Dr. Kwanchewan Buadaeng 1, 2 Full Text of Dr. Kwanchewan’s Talk and Presentation The majority of the Karen peoples live in the frontier between Burma3 and Thailand. In Burma, while some Karen live in the mountainous areas near to the border, many live on the plain … Read more
268th INTG Meeting – A talk by Olivier Evrard Acculturation and Perpetuation of Ethnic Boundaries in Northern Thailand and Laos About the Speaker Olivier Evrard is an anthropologist at IRD (Institut de Recherché pour le Developpement, previously called Orstom) and is currently collaborating with the Social Research Institute, Chiang Mai University. He has been doing … Read more
264th INTG Meeting – A Talk by David Palmer and Elijah Siegler Introduction: Tao Garden (by Elijah Siegler) 30 minutes outside Chiang Mai, near the village of Doi Saket, is a health spa called Tao Garden. It offers massage, herbal treatments. Also classes for Daoist practices: six healing sounds, microcosmic orbit, “Taoist yoga,” etc. Many … Read more
A Detective Story: Is This Image the Original? Two Others Claim the Title. 260th INTG Meeting – A talk and slide presentation by Carol Stratton About the Speaker Carol Stratton has been working on the art history of Thailand for over thirty years. She and her family lived in Bangkok for six years during the … Read more
