Translations

• The Afterlives of Oratory: Entextualizing Gungthang Rinpoche's Speech about the Death of the 10th Panchen Lama

  Donyol Dondrup, Charlene Makley; Paljor Tsering

  2025-07-03

  The article provides a translation and transcription of the sixth Gungtang Rinpoche's pivotal speech to the Labrang monastery monk assembly three days after the... More

• Lhashamgyal's "Drölma’s Dream": Translated by Lucia Galli

  Lucia Galli, Lhashamgyal

  95-110

  2024-12-14

  A translation of the short story “Drölma’s Dream” (sgrol ma’i rmi lam) by the Tibetan writer Lhashamgyal (Lha byams rgyal). བོད་རིགས་... More

• Excerpts from Pema Bhum’s Jalam Tramo: The Rainbow Path of Many Hues

  Pema Bhum; Lauran R. Hartley

  107-116

  2024-05-31

• Khenpo Kalsang Dhondup’s “Incomparable Guide,” Translated by Khenpo Kalsang Dhondup and Patrick Dowd

  Kalsang Dhondup; Patrick Dowd

  189-196

  2023-12-18

  In his poem "Incomparable Guide" (ston pa mtshungs med), Khenpo Kalsang Dhondup brings a modern, almost scientific, perspective to the traditional Indo-Tibetan ... More

• Tsering Woeser’s “Notes from a Plague Year,” Translated by Ian Boyden

  Tsering Woeser; Ian Boyden

  83-188

  2023-12-18

• The Yellow Book of Dzemé Rinpoché: Translated by Christopher Bell

  Dzemé Losang Palden; Christopher Bell

  125-179

  2023-07-26

  In 1970 a text infamously known as the Yellow Book was composed by Dzemé Rinpoché. This book discusses several Tibetan Geluk masters that were harmed or... More

• The Fourth Karmapa, Rölpai Dorjé: A Poet Out of Place

  Ruth Gamble

  113-124

  2023-07-26

• Tsedrön Kyi's "Lonely Soul": Translated by Somtso Bhum

  Tsedrön Kyi; Somtso Bhum

  101-112

  2023-07-26

• "Song of Lhasa Memories" by Shelkar Lingpa (ཤེལ་དཀར་གླིང་པ།) : Translated by Geshe N. L. Nornang and Lawrence Epstein

  Geshe N. L. Nornang, Lawrence Epstein

  85-100

  2023-07-26

  This ornate poem, composed by Shelkar Lingpa (Shel dkar gling pa, 1876–1913) in the Indian hill station of Darjeeling, evokes everyday life in faraway Lhasa, ... More

• Dondrup Gyal's Tsultrim Jyamtso, Translated by Lowell Cook

  Dondrup Gyal, Lowell Cook

  139–166

  2022-11-15

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