Samuel Thévoz, Author at Buddhistdoor Global

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Jacques Bacot wearing the green uniform of the French Academy. Paris, c. 1947. Jacques Bacot photographic collection. © Private collection of Olivier de Bernon

Jacques Bacot’s Rebel Tibet, Part Three: Buddhism in Interwar and Postwar France

Samuel Thévoz 23 October 2019

The social circles of Parisian Buddhism and Bacot’s legacy

Tchangou Monastery in Kham, northwestern Sichuan, September 1909. Jacques Bacot photographic collection. © École française d’Extrême-Orient (Paris)

Jacques Bacot’s Rebel Tibet, Part Two: From the Great Temples to Early Modern Tibetology

Samuel Thévoz 12 September 2019

From hidden realms in Tibet to a prestigious chair of Tibetan…

With Tibetan companions and Adrup Gönpo, middle rear, in a meadow in Nyag Chu Valley, Nyakrong (ཉག་རོང་།), Kham (ཁམས་།), northwestern Sichuan, September 1909. Jacques Bacot photographic collection. © École française d’Extrême-Orient (Paris)

Jacques Bacot’s Rebel Tibet, Part One: Early 20th Century Travels to Kham

Samuel Thévoz 28 August 2019

Images of pre-modern Tibet from a French pioneer

David-Neel as a ngags pa (a Tantric practitioner) adorned with ritual instruments received from Kunzang Ngawang Rinchen during her Tantric initiation (1914–16) in northern Sikkim. Toulon, 1927. From Maison d'Alexandra David-Neel. © Ville de Digne-les-Bains

An Early Modern Buddhist Novel: Alexandra David-Neel’s Hidden Fictional Diary of an Actress

Samuel Thévoz 19 November 2018

A missing link of the entangled literary history…