The Beggar Lama : The Life of the Gyalrong Kuzhap / Jinba Tenzin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jinba, Tenzin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ngag-dbang-tshul-khrims, Btsan-lha, 1930-2025.

Ngag-dbang-tshul-khrims.

Tibetologists--Rgyal-rong--Biography.

Tibetologists.

Lamas--China--Rgyal-rong--Biography.

Lamas.

Rgyal-rong (China)--History--20th century.

Rgyal-rong (China).

Rgyal-rong (China)--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]

Summary:

The Beggar Lama is the story of the Gyalrong Kuzhap, a Tibetan Buddhist polymath and reincarnated lama who has led a remarkable life through the vicissitudes of the twentieth century.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration

Note on the Maps

Introduction

Act I: Childhood (1930-1941)

1. Birth and Recognition

2. Special Education

3. Just a Kid

Act II: The Lhasa Trip and Monastic Life (1941-1948)

4. On the Road

5. Life at Drepung

6. On Freedom

Act III: Heaven and Hell in the New China (1949-1976)

7. Reshuffling Powers

8. New Society, New Life

9. The Calm Before the Storm

10. The Democratic Reform

11. Riding the Revolutionary Tides

Act IV: An Intellectual Life (1966/1977-)

12. From Cowshed to College

13. The Closing Age of Giants

14. The Last Breath

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Tenzin, Jinba The Beggar Lama

ISBN:

0-231-55789-2

OCLC:

1397574980