Duhový palác - Příběh mistra tibetské medicíny – Čhödag Tändzin (2006)

Tändzin Čhödag, one of the most significant masters of the Tibetan medical tradition, definitively left his native Tibet in 1980. After more than twenty years of unimaginable suffering that he was forced to endure in a Chinese labor camp, he was finally allowed to leave for Indian exile, where he resumed his previous role as the personal physician to the Dalai Lama. Today, Tändzin Čhödag bears witness to his life. His words, recorded by Gilles van Grasdorff, speak of an extraordinary life intertwined with the fate of a nation that was to be completely eradicated. The narrative of the concerns and joys of a young Buddhist monk in the period before World War II provides insight into the traditions, mentality, and daily life of the inhabitants of the Tibetan plateau. In his memories of working in Lhasa as a doctor of traditional Tibetan medicine, a unique vision of the world illuminated by the Buddha's dharma comes alive, along with a close bond and attachment to the figure of 'kundün' and unique healing knowledge. Finally, the depiction of the horrors inflicted by the Chinese represents an exceptional testimony to one of the most terrible genocides committed in the last century. Without deviating for even a moment from the compassion that formed the very essence of his...