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

• Calm Abiding and Special Insight
• Walking Through Walls (out of print)