Translations

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

  Pema Bhum; Lauran R. Hartley

  107-116

  2024-05-31

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

  Tsering Woeser; Ian Boyden

  83-188

  2023-12-18

• 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

• 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

• "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

• 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

• Songs That Tell the Thousand-Year Story of the Shangpa Lineage

  Sarah Harding

  111–137

  2022-11-15

  Songs (mgur) were one of the most iconic and popular forms of literature in Tibet, continuing to the present day. Lying somewhere between simple folk songs (glu... More

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

  Dondrup Gyal, Lowell Cook

  139–166

  2022-11-15

• Lhashamgyal's Sunshine on the Road, Translated by Rongwo Lugyal

  Lhashamgyal, Rongwo Lugyal

  171–183

  2022-11-15

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