|
GESHE GEDÜN LODRÖ
BIOGRAPHY
Geshe Gedün Lodrö (1924-1979) entered Drepung Monastic University near
Lhasa at the age of nine as a novice monk. He gained the degree of geshe in 1961
in exile in India as the first among three scholars who were awarded the number
one ranking in the highest class. A scholar of prodigious intellect, he was
famoud for his wideo learning and ability in debate. In 1967 the Dalai Lama sent
him to teach at the University of Hamburg, where he learned to speak Greman
fluently and become a tenured member of the faculty. He served as Visiting
Professor at the University of Virginia in 1979.
BOOKS
|
 |
