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Gendün Chöphel

Born

in Tongren Country, Tibet

January 01, 1903

Died

January 01, 1951

Genre

Spirituality, Poetry

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Gendün Chöphel (Tibetan: དགེ་འདུན་ཆོས་འཕེལ, Wylie: dge 'dun chos 'phel) (1903–1951) was a Tibetan artist, writer and scholar. He was born in 1903 in Rabkong, Amdo. He was a creative and controversial figure and he is considered by many to have been one of the most important Tibetan intellectuals of the twentieth century.

Gendün Chöphel was a friend of Rahul Sankrityayan. His life was the inspiration for Luc Schaedler's film The Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet and The Madman's Middle Way: Reflections on Reality of the Tibetan Monk Gendun Chophel. He is best known for his collection of essays called Grains of Gold: Tales of a Cosmopolitan Pilgrimage, written during his time in India and Sri Lanka in between 1934 and 1946. These essays were cr ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 159 ratings · 21 reviews · 9 distinct works

	The Madman's Middle Way: Reflections on Reality of the Tibetan Monk Gendun Chopel (Buddhism and Modernity Series) by Donald S. Lopez Jr., Gendün Chöphel 4.46 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tibetan Arts of Love: Sex, Orgasm, and Spiritual Healing by Gendün Chöphel, Jeffrey Hopkins (Editor), Dorje Yuthok (Translator) 3.60 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1992 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Forest of Faded Wisdom: 104 Poems by Gendun Chopel, a Bilingual Edition by Gendün Chöphel, Donald S. Lopez Jr. (Translator) 4.13 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grains of Gold: Tales of a Cosmopolitan Traveler by Gendün Chöphel, Thupten Jinpa (Translation), Donald S. Lopez Jr. (Translation) 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Passion Book: A Tibetan Guide to Love and Sex by Gendün Chöphel, Donald S. Lopez Jr. (Translator), Thupten Jinpa (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dhammapada: Essential Teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha (Tibetan Translation Series) 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1985	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tratado da Paixão, A arte tibetana do amor e Yoga Tântrico really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Guide to India A Tibetan Account 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ornament of the Thought of Nagarjuna of Nagarjuna Clarifying the Core of Madhyamaka 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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