The Madman's Middle Way: Reflections on Reality of the Tibetan Monk Gendun Chopal, Edited and Translated by Donald S. Lopez Jr. offering ISBN: 1570625441

ISBN: 1570625441

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The Madman's Middle Way: Reflections on Reality of the Tibetan Monk Gendun Chopal, Edited and Translated by Donald S. Lopez Jr. offering ISBN: 1570625441Gendun Chopel is considered the most important Tibetan intellectual of the twentieth century. His life spanned the two defining moments in modern Tibetan history: the entry into Lhasa by British troops in 1904 and by Chinese troops in 1951. Recognized as an incarnate lama while he was a child, Gendun Chopel excelled in the traditional monastic curriculum and went on to become expert in fields as diverse as philosophy, history, linguistics, geography,