Gendün Chöphel
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Amdo Gendün Chöphel. A creative and controversial figure, friend of Rahul Sankrityayan
Rahul Sankrityayan
Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan , who is called the Father of Hindi Travel literature, was one of the most widely-traveled scholars of India, spending forty-five years of his life on travels away from his home. He became a buddhist monk and eventually took up Marxist Socialism...
, who is considered by many to have been one of the most important Tibetan intellectuals of the twentieth century. His life was the inspiration for Luc Schaedler's film The Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet and The Madman's Middle Way: Reflections on Reality of the Tibetan Monk Gendun Chopel .
Sources
- Dhondup, K.: "Gedun Chophel: the Man Behind the Legend". Tibetan Review, vol. 13, no. 10, October 1978, p. 10–18.
- Roerich, George N.George de RoerichGeorge Nicolas de Roerich was a prominent 20th century Tibetologist. His name at birth was Yuri Nikolaevich Rerikh...
and Gedun Choepel (Translator) (1988). The Blue AnnalsBlue AnnalsThe Blue Annals completed in 1476, authored by Gö Lotsāwa Zhönnu Pel , is a Tibetan historical survey with a marked 'ecumenical' view, focusing upon the dissemination of various sectarian spiritual traditions throughout Tibet.An English translation by George de Roerich with help from Gendun...
by Gö LotsawaGö LotsawagZhon-nu-dpal , also known as Gos Lo-tsa-ba , famous Tibetan historian and scholar.-Life and achievements:He was born in 1392 at lho kha 'phyongs rgyas...
. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1976, Reprint in 1979. [reprint of Calcutta, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1949, in two volumes].
External links
- Gendun Chophel
- The Story of a Monk Wanderer: Part I, Part 2
- Some Memories of Great Lotsawa Gedun Chophel
- Gendun Choephel – Angry Monk website