Write 4-5pp (1200-1500 words) book review of the book you selected, and post it here using the format that is up there (CCNMTL staff can help with wiki postings if you have any trouble). Please start your paper with a one paragraph (150 word) abstract giving the following information: who the books is about, the main figure (include Tibetan spelling of personal names if you can … [Read more...]

Karlee Blank Abstract: Kunga Samten Dewatshang, a trader born in Lithang in 1914, is perhaps the most influential layperson in Tibetan history hailing from Eastern Tibet. He relocated to Lhasa with his family immediately preceding the Communist victory in 1949. He was a vehement critic of the Communists, and a chief founder and leader of the Chushi Gangdrug, a guerilla … [Read more...]

Also available in Chinese translation:Xizang shi wo jia: Zhaxi Ciren de zi zhuan 西藏是我家 : 扎西次仁的自傳. Narrated by Zhaxi Ciren; English by Meierwen Ge’ersitan, Weilianmu Sibenshichu; Translated by Yang Hejin. Carle Place, NY: Mingjing chubanshe, 2000. Later reprinted in a politically revised translation by China's Tibetology Center in Beijing: Zhongguo Zangxue chubanshe, … [Read more...]

(Note: See also Islam in Tibet [videorecording : the ornaments of Lhasa. produced by Gray Henry, Louisville, Ky.: Fons Vitae, c1997. Ladakhi Muslim merchant). Translation of the French, first published twice in Paris by Fayard in 1981 and again in 1991 by Peuples du Monde. Entry by Elizabeth Reynolds, March 2014 Abstract: Abdul Wahid Radhu’s biographical work, … [Read more...]

Lamaozhuoma Ama Adhe: The Voice that Remembers is about Adhe’s life story. The book consisted of four major parts--Adhe’s childhood in Kham, conflicts between local Tibetans and the Chinese, twenty-seven years of imprisonment in Chinese labor camps and her new life in Nepal and India since 1987 to the 1990s when the book was written. The book was written by Joy Blakeslee based … [Read more...]

Ama Adhe: The Voice That Remembers The Heroic Story of a Woman’s Fight to Free Tibet by Adhe Tapontsang, as told to Joy Blakeslee Review by Erin Marino 8 December 2009 Adhe Tapontsang, A Living Piece of History Abstract: Ama Adhe is the captivating testimony of Adhe Tapontsang, a heroic Tibetan woman with a deep religious conviction who was imprisoned and tortured by the … [Read more...]

Write 4-5pp (1200-1500 words) book review of the book you selected, and post it here using the format that is up there (CCNMTL staff can help with wiki postings if you have any trouble). Please start your paper with a one paragraph (150 word) abstract giving the following information: who the books is about, the main figure (include Tibetan spelling of personal names if you can … [Read more...]

Drew Lebed Drew said, "This is one of the best books I have read in my entire life." A Review of Memoirs of a Tibetan Lama Abstract: In Memoirs of a Tibetan Lama, we follow Lobsang Gyatso and his translator, Gareth Sparham, as they lead us through a life that will both fascinate and inform those unfamiliar with pre-1959 Tibetan monastic life and culture. Readers are … [Read more...]

Xiaoxiao Huang Dec. 6th, 2009 Review of The Autobiography of A Tibetan Monk by Palden Gyatso Palden Gyatso was born in 1933 into a well-heeled peasant family in a village called Panam, some 125 miles west of Lhasa and 45 miles from Tibet’s second largest city, Shigatse. At the age of ten, he became a novice in the nearby Gadong monastery. The year 1952 marked the … [Read more...]

Monika Urbanowicz A Review of Tibetan Lives: Three Himalayan Autobiographies Abstract: In Tibetan Lives, Peter Richardus offers us edited versions of three life stories of Phuntshogs Lungrtogs, sKarma Sumdhon Paul, and Ts’an-chin Chen (two monks and a clerk) whose original composition was a direct product of a colonial knowledge-gathering practice current in India in … [Read more...]

Jenny Shen Fall 2009 Abstract Sorrow Mountain – The Journey of A Tibetan Warrior Nun is an autobiographical account of Ani Panchen, with Adelaide Donnelley as the co-author. The book opens with Ani Panchen anxiously waiting for the arrival of the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India. Due to years of torture she experienced in China, she was very alert, even though now she is in … [Read more...]

Daven Farnham Geshe Rabten: The Life of a Tibetan Monk Review: A Singular Focus Towards Academia Abstract Geshe Rabten’s account details the struggles and learning required for advancement within the monastic system. From the time he was a young boy, he was attracted to Buddhist theology. After entering Sera Monastery at a very young age, he chronicles his … [Read more...]

Abstract Flying High Out of a Tibetan Valley is the story of the life of Jing Liming, an ethnically Chinese intellectual who was born and raised in the Amdo region of Tibet. The story relates her struggles from her birth in 1955 through the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and her successive journey of becoming an English professor and translator (which takes the … [Read more...]

Paul Ratchford May 01, 2007 A Review of Dalai Lama, My Son Dalai Lama, My Son is an autobiographical book compiled and written by the children and grandchildren of Diki Tsering (The mother of the Dalai Lama). It covers the time period from her birth in the Iron Ox year (1901) to her death in 1980 following their flight to India. However, its primary focus is between 1901 … [Read more...]

Memories of Keutsang Lama (Life in Tibet After the Chinese ‘Liberation’) by Keutsang Trulku Jampel Yeshe, known as Keutsang Rinpoche Review by Yasuhiro Sasayama [Abstract of the Autobiography] Author: Keutsang Trulku Jampel Yeshe, Birth Name: Jampel Yeshe Choekyi Monlan. The author is the immediate reincarnation of Darhen Keutsang Yeshe Monlan Pel Sangpo (Keutsang … [Read more...]

Write 4-5pp (1200-1500 words) book review of the book you selected, and post it here using the format that is up there (CCNMTL staff can help with wiki postings if you have any trouble). Please start your paper with a one paragraph (150 word) abstract giving the following information: who the books is about, the main figure (include Tibetan spelling of personal names if you can … [Read more...]

Monika Urbanowicz A Review of Princess in the Land of Snows: the Life of Jamyang Sakya in Tibet Princess in the Land of Snows is a fascinating, autobiographical account of the life of Lady Jamyang of Tibet, who through her perseverance and determination is able to overcome great obstacles and to achieve cultural and religious freedom. Jamyang Shakya’s autobiography can be … [Read more...]

Mark Clemente April 28, 2007 A Review of A Hell on Earth By Ven. Bagdro from Ganden Monastery Abstract: This book portrays the experiences of a Tibetan monk who endured great pain for his political beliefs and desire for Tibetan independence. It is a book that shares the life experiences of Ven. Bagro and the realities of Chinese Communists’ inhumane repression of the … [Read more...]

Jennifer Yu April 30, 2007 A Review of The Struggle for Education in Modern Tibet Abstract: Tashi Tsering, a person of humble peasant origins, made remarkable advancements in his personal education. He studied abroad in India and the United States, before returning to Tibet in the hopes of improving the standard of living for his fellow countrymen. Tashi made … [Read more...]

(Note: the text is in Chinese.) Write 4-5pp (1200-1500 words) book review of the book you selected, and post it here using the format that is up there (CCNMTL staff can help with wiki postings if you have any trouble). Please start your paper with a one paragraph (150 word) abstract giving the following information: who the books is about, the main figure (include Tibetan … [Read more...]

Write 4-5pp (1200-1500 words) book review of the book you selected, and post it here using the format that is up there (CCNMTL staff can help with wiki postings if you have any trouble). Please start your paper with a one paragraph (150 word) abstract giving the following information: who the books is about, the main figure (include Tibetan spelling of personal names if you can … [Read more...]

Caravan to Lhasa: Its Review, Major Themes, and Abstract Sungoh Yoon Abstract In the travel account and story of the lives of his grandfather, father, and uncles, the author, Kamal Ratna Tuladhar, presented an elaborate and colorful description of the caravan trade and commerce centered on Kathmandu, Lhasa and Kolkata. Along with the life story of his family who were … [Read more...]

(Note: Part 2: Lama Zopa Rinpoche's story is given in a first-person narrative). Write 4-5pp (1200-1500 words) book review of the book you selected, and post it here using the format that is up there (CCNMTL staff can help with wiki postings if you have any trouble). Please start your paper with a one paragraph (150 word) abstract giving the following information: who the … [Read more...]