ChNN, Expedition to Khyung Lung/Garuda Valley, Zhang Zhung 1988 [HQ]
by International Shang Shung Institute (videos)
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.The kingdom of Zhang Zhung (Shang Shung), with Mount Kailash as its center,
was an ancient realm originating more than three thousand years ago, and
corresponds to the western Tibet of today. Rooted in the pre-Buddhist Bon
religion, the kingdom became virtually unknown in modern times even to the
Tibetans who regarded it as merely the irreal setting of their myths and
legends.
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, university professor and Dzogchen Master, discovered in
his decades-long research into Tibetan history, culture and language, that this
realm was in fact the true cradle of Tibetan culture. This video documents his
historic discovery and identification of one of the principle capitals of this
lost kingdom, Khyung lung dngul mkhar, during his expedition to western Tibet
in 1988.
This short video trailer is part of a work in progress, a video documentary
which will accompany the recently published books, "The Light of Kailas, Volume
One" and "Zhang Zhung: Images from a Lost Kingdom" both published by Shang
Shung Editions (
www.shangshunginstitute.org). In these texts and in the brief
interviews in this video segment, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu describes this antique
civilization as the root of all subsequent Tibetan history.
This video includes footage shot by Paolo Brunatto (©shangshunginstitute), and
Brian Beresford (©nomad pictures) and includes still images made by Alex
Siedlecki (©shangshunginstitute) and beautiful Tibetan flute music called "The
Cuckoo's Presence" by Tenzing Tsewang.
In the summer of 1988, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu undertook an expedition to Khyung
lung dngul mkhar, the Silver Palace of the Valley of the Garuda, an ancient and
important capital of the early kings of Zhang Zhung.
"Zhang Zhung: Images from a Lost Kingdom", details this expedition with a
written account by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, entitled "Zhang Zhung: A Brief
Introduction" written in 1993, translated by Adriano Clemente, and is
illustrated by a photographic essay containing twenty-four color and sixteen
black-and-white pictures, recording the natural wonders, a spectacular cave
city carved into the multicolored cliff face and crystallized calcium deposits
of the thermal hot springs. The final section of the book, entitled "The
Origins of Tibetan Culture and Thought," is the text of a lecture given by
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in Barcelona, Spain, in 1987.
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