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Namtar: The Tradition of Biography in Tibet: An Interview
- Biography
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 17, Number 1, Winter 1994
- pp. 20-31
- 10.1353/bio.2010.0237
- Article
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Biography has been a widely practiced form of literature in Tibet for centuries. Khetsun Zangpo Rinpoche, in an interview, discusses its importance, history, subjects and approaches, including that of his own work. The subject's actualization of philosophical view receives major emphasis in the Tibetan genre.