Name
Li, Jianglin, 1956- (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Lama Yedan, 2010
Abstract
Oral history interview with Lama Yidam (a.k.a. Bla ma Yi dam, Lama Yedan, Yi dam skyabs), born circa 1943, who discusses becoming a monk at age 9, the arrest and struggle of his father who was the chief of Tewo (Tib. Rta'u ; Ch. Daofu) in Ganze (Tib. Dkar-mdzes ; Ch. Ganzi), and the destruction of Tewo (Rta'u) monastery; Tibetan resistance to Chinese military offenses in eastern Tibet (a.k.a. Khams , Kham) in 1950s; the role of Amdo Dhondup (A mdo Don grub); and the interviewee's escape with 200 people and arrival in India.
Collection Name
Jianglin Li Interviews with Tibetan Exiles
Subjects
History; Refugees, Tibetan; Dge-lugs-pa lamas; Khams pa (Tibetan people); Tibet Region; Sichuan Sheng (China); India; Yi-dam, Bla-ma; ʼBras-spuṅs (Monastery)
Format
video recordings; oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
September 7 to September 9, 2010
Physical Description
3 video files (Part 1: 40 minutes; Part 2: 51 minutes; Part 3: 73 minutes)
Note
Interviewed by Jianglin Li at Drepung Monastery (Mundgod, India) on September 7-9, 2010.
Note (Language)
Interview conducted in Tibetan through an interpreter, with Chinese summary translations for the interviewer.
Note (Biographical)
Bla-ma Yi-dam (a.k.a. Yi-dam-skyabs) was born circa 1943 in Tewo (Rta'u), Ganze (Dkar-mdzes or Ganzi) in what is now Sichuan Province or the eastern Tibetan region of Kham (Khams).
Note (Funding)
Digitized with funding by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.
Language
Tibetan; Chinese
Library Location
C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University
Catalog Record
8672337
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-6z3s-r077