The Beggar Lama: The Life of the Gyalrong Kuzhap

by Jinba Tenzin

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. Born in 1930 in Tsanlha, Gyalrong, on the easternmost fringes of the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau, he would go on to become a monk, a Communist official, a professor of Tibetan studies, and a leader in the Tibetan cultural survival movement in China.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231209347
• ISBN13: 9780231209342
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"