Catching the Tail of the Tiger: My Life from Tibet to Harvard Yard

The remarkable life story of Tulku Thondup (1939–2023), who traces his journey from a recognized reincarnate lama, or tulku, in Tibet to a renowned Buddhist scholar and teacher in America.

Through vivid storytelling, this beloved Tibetan lama, the late Tulku Thondup reveals intimate details of his early life in the Do Valley, his recognition as a tulku and his dramatic escape from Tibet while political upheaval threatened centuries of Buddhist tradition. His widow, Lydia Segal, contributes a...