Lama of the Gobi How Mongolia's Mystic Monk Spread Tibetan Buddhism in the World's Harshest Desert

by Kohn, Michael

• ISBN13: 9789881774262
• ISBN10: 9881774268
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-16
• Publisher: Blacksmith Books

Summary

Danzan Ravjaa (1803-1856), officially known as the Fifth Noyon Incarnate Lama of the Gobi Desert, is perhaps Mongolia's most beloved saint. The Fourth had caused so many scandals that the Manchu Emperor banned his reincarnation. Consequently, when the young child was enthroned as the Fifth, the Emperor issued an edict of execution on the boy and all associated with the event. The child was only saved by the personal intervention of the Fourth Panchen Lama and a letter of appeal from the young Ninth Dalai Lama, Luntok Gyatso. Their efforts proved well worthwhile, for the boy went on to become one of the greatest mystics and creative geniuses of 19th-century Mongolia.

Table of Contents

Editor's Note	p. 6
Preface	p. 7
Introduction	p. 13
The Mysterious Monk	p. 19
The Torch is Passed	p. 35
Incidents of Youth	p. 51
Ravjaa and Buddhism	p. 71
Mongolia in the 19th Century	p. 79
A Desert Theater	p. 87
The Great Poet	p. 127
The Renaissance Man	p. 145
Adventures and Companions	p. 163
Travels and the Capital City	p. 179
An Untimely End	p. 185
Ravjaa Resurrected	p. 203
Epilogue	p. 225
Chronology	p. 228
Glossary	p. 233
Bibliography	p. 236
Endnotes	p. 240
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