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Title Tsundu : becoming a Lama / by Raju Mani Gurung
Published Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (1 streaming video (17 min.))
Series Ethnographic video online
Summary Lobsang Tsundu is a 13 year old Tibetan boy living and studying to be a monk (Lama) in Kopan Monastery, situated at the edge of Katmandu Valley. This documentary offers a glimpse into Tsundu's daily life at the monastery and his interaction with his family at home, his understanding of monastic life and his family's thoughts about his life in the future. Narration is in the words and voices of Tsundu, his family members, and the abbot of Kopan monastery
Notes Print version record
Subject Lobsang Tsundu
Kopan (Monastery : Kathmandu, Nepal)
Buddhist novices -- Nepal -- Kathmandu Valley -- Biography
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders -- Education -- Nepal -- Kathmandu Valley -- Case studies
Documentary films.
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders -- Education.
Buddhist novices.
Documentary films.
SUBJECT Kathmandu Valley (Nepal) -- Religious life and customs
Subject Nepal -- Kathmandu Valley.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Nonfiction films.
Biographies.
Case studies.
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Nonfiction films.
Form Streaming video
Author Gurung, Raju
Lobsang Tsundu
Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)
Other Titles Becoming a Lama