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Yeshe Khechok

Yeshe Khechok was a well-known dobdo monk in Loseling College. In this interview, he discusses the Dobdo's tobtsang [Tib. lto tshang skyis sdug] club and life as a dobdo, including the sport competitions, the thugpa serving in the prayer assemblies, the fights between dobdos, and the banning of the toptsang by the Gyerong Abbot of Loseling.

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About this interview
Age at interview
ca60
Recorded
ca. 1989

Introduction from the source abstract. The English transcript is reproduced from the archive; its translation has not been independently reviewed by Tibet Archive.

Sources & credits

Melvyn C. Goldstein, editor; Center for Research on Tibet, Case Western Reserve University. Library of Congress, Asian Division.

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