Tenzin Choedrak
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Dr. Tenzin Choedrak (April 15, 1922 – April 6, 2001) was the Senior Personal Physician to the 14th Dalai Lama,[1] and was recognized as an esteemed master in the Traditional Tibetan medicine tradition.[2]
After the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959 he was imprisoned by the Communist Chinese for nearly 22 years. He was subject to torture for 17 of those years.[3]
He managed to flee Tibet and arrived in Dharamsala in 1980.
In April 1995 he testified before the United States House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights where he related some of his experiences.[4][5]
Books
- Tenzin Choedrak, Gilles van Grasdorff (2000), The Rainbow Palace: A Harrowing Memoir Of Spiritual Resistance, Transworld (and Bantam). Goodreads article
References
- ↑ Okie, Susan (1998-10-27). "The Art of Tibetan Medicine". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
- ↑ Biography of Dr. Choedrak Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ House International Relations Committee: Dr. Tenzin Choedrak Archived 2007-03-22 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "House International Relations Committee: Dr. Tenzin Choedrak". International Campaign for Tibet. April 1995. Archived from the original on 2007-03-22. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
- ↑ Victim of Chinese Torture in Tibet
External links
- Testimony before the US House International Relations Committee [1]
- Brief Biography [2]
Tenzin Choedrak, Wikipedia
