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Minnesota Tibetan Oral History Project: Interview with Gyen Gedun Kalsang
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| Description | BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Gyen Gedun Kalsang is from the village of Makham in Tibet. At the age of 16 he joined Norbulinpa Monastery. He traveled to many monasteries inside and outside of Tibet. Kalsang left Tibet in 1959 and traveled to India. He has been a member of various monasteries including Drepung (Lhasa), Ramoche Jowo Minthuejee (Tibet), monasteries in Dalhousie and Kalimpong (India), and the Gyuto Wheel of Dharma Monastery in Columbia Heights, Minnesota. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Tibet, monastery experiences in Tibet, India and the United States, Buddhist practices, moving to the US, differences between monasteries in Tibet and elsewhere, schedules of a monk, spirituality, Tibetan medicine, Western medicine, living in the U.S., community, relationship between monastery and community, challenges of monastery. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: This interview was conducted in Tibetan and transcribed in English. |
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| Quantity | 1 hour sound cassette 18 pages transcript |
| Format | Content Category: sound recordings Content Category: text |
| Measurements | 00:42:00 running time |
| Creation | Narrator: Kalsang, Gyen Gedun Interviewer: Norbu, Dorjee T. Interviewer: Lenz, Charles Made in Columbia Heights, Anoka County, Minnesota, United States |
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Tibetans Made in Columbia Heights, Anoka County, Minnesota, United States |
| Dates | Creation: 09/04/2005 |
| Holding Type | Oral History - Interview |
| ID Number | OH 104 |
| Accession Number | AV2005.106.5 |
| More Info | MHS Library Catalog |
| Related Collections | Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota Tibetan Oral History Project' |