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[[Image:GCportrait.jpg|frame|'''Gendün Chöpel, photo courtesy of Tibet Foundation''']] | |||
'''Gendün Chöpel''' ([[Wyl.]] dge 'dun chos 'phel) - One of the most original thinkers in Tibetan history, Gendün Chöpel was a philosopher, historian, artist, translator, traveller and a campaigner for the modernisation of Tibet. He translated the ''[[Dhammapada]]'' from Pali into Tibetan. His life is documented in the film [http://www.angrymonkthefilm.ch/ Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet (2005)]. | '''Gendün Chöpel''' ([[Wyl.]] dge 'dun chos 'phel) - One of the most original thinkers in Tibetan history, Gendün Chöpel was a philosopher, historian, artist, translator, traveller and a campaigner for the modernisation of Tibet. He translated the ''[[Dhammapada]]'' from Pali into Tibetan. His life is documented in the film [http://www.angrymonkthefilm.ch/ Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet (2005)]. | ||
Revision as of 14:11, 6 August 2007
Gendün Chöpel (Wyl. dge 'dun chos 'phel) - One of the most original thinkers in Tibetan history, Gendün Chöpel was a philosopher, historian, artist, translator, traveller and a campaigner for the modernisation of Tibet. He translated the Dhammapada from Pali into Tibetan. His life is documented in the film Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet (2005).
Further Reading
- Gendün Chöphel, An Ornament of the Thought of Nāgārjuna Clarifying the Core of Madhyamaka, translated by Pema Wangjié and Jean Mulligan, Shang Shung Edizioni, 2005, second revised edition 2006
- Dhammapada
- Tibetan Arts of Love
- The Madman's Middle Way