{"title":"Khenpo Kalsang Dhondup’s “Incomparable Guide,” Translated by Khenpo Kalsang Dhondup and Patrick Dowd","authors":"Kalsang Dhondup, Patrick Dowd","doi":"10.58371/jtl.2023.66","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In his poem \"Incomparable Guide\" (ston pa mtshungs med), Khenpo Kalsang Dhondup brings a modern, almost scientific, perspective to the traditional Indo-Tibetan genre of \"hymns of praise\" (Skt. stotra, Tib. bstod pa), a thematically-oriented verse form that may date as far back as the sixth century BCE. The poem offers us an intriguing glimpse at the poetry of a learned Khenpo who writes beautifully, but whose humility has previously prevented him from sharing his work more widely with others.","PeriodicalId":508460,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tibetan Literature","volume":"19 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Tibetan Literature","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.58371/jtl.2023.66","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In his poem "Incomparable Guide" (ston pa mtshungs med), Khenpo Kalsang Dhondup brings a modern, almost scientific, perspective to the traditional Indo-Tibetan genre of "hymns of praise" (Skt. stotra, Tib. bstod pa), a thematically-oriented verse form that may date as far back as the sixth century BCE. The poem offers us an intriguing glimpse at the poetry of a learned Khenpo who writes beautifully, but whose humility has previously prevented him from sharing his work more widely with others.