Tibetan Buddhism | The Ethnologist

An interview with a Tibetan Monk in Prague

by Veronika Vopelková on May 30, 2018

An interview with a Tibetan Monk in Prague: An insight into Tibetan culture, identity and the realities of life from the personal experience and opinions of a monk living far from home. Our interview with Tibetan lama Geshe Yeshi Gawa took place in a classroom at the Tibet Open House. This centre, … Read More

Jian Guo Chen

by Barbora Zelenková on February 21, 2016

Jian Guo Chen (an entrepreneur and chef) Jian Guo Chen was born in China in 1960. He emigrated from Beijing in the early 90s and, according to him, ´accidentally´ found himself in Prague. At the beginning he became a kitchen helper in a Prague Chinese restaurant, after that he sold textiles and vegetables. Over … Read More