• Name:Thupten Phuntsok
• Birth:Aug. 9, 1956,Tibet, Kham Province, Dege Counry, Babung
• Education & Professional Career:
• 1961-1975, Tibetan Buddhist Studies. Babung Monastery (Buddhist Doctrines, Logic. Astronomy,
• History, Medicine, Literature, Tibetan Art, Tanka Painting.Doctor of medicine).
• 1975-1982,Tibetan medical doctor.Dege,Babung Hospital
• 1982-1986,Post-graduate studies. Instiute of Tibetan Studies, Dege: lecturer in Tibetan medicine.
• 1984-1986, Assistant Professor; taught logic, grammar. poetry, history of Tibet. Teacher's Diploma Aug.9, 1986.
• 1986-1994...ongoing, Assistant Professor, Institute of the Nationalities (Central University of the Nationalities), Beijing.
• Courses taught: Tibetan Literature, Poetry, Philosophy, Literary Composition, Tibetan Grammar, Outline of Tibetan Studies, Astronomv and the Tibetan Calendar, Calculating the Tibetan Calendar, History of Tibet.
• Lectures on Tibetan Medicine.

Publications:

A.Books in Tibetan:

• The Grammar of Tibetan Language. Chengdu: Sichuan People's Press. 1987: 180 p.
• Calculations of the Tibetan Calendrical System. Beijing: Minzu Press, 1991. 348 p.
• A History of Tibet. Chengdu: Sichuan People's Press. 1994, 2 volumes. 900 pp. (Edited)
• Naropa Meditation Methods. Chengdu: Sichuan Press. 1994.390 pp.

B.Articles in Tibetan Periodicals:

• The Origins of Tibetan Medicine, in Zhongguo Pöjie Shiri, Beijing: 1992. #2
• The Human Body. Healing, and Herbal Medicine.idem, Beijing: 1990. #4
• The 78 Healing Points in Tibetan Medicine.Shili Sema, Beijing: 1987.#37
• A Brief History of the Situ Rimpoche Lineage. Ganggarewo. Dazendo: 1986, #1
• Tibetan Studies in the Dege District, idem 1987.#1
• A History of Tibetan Art,idem, 1985.#2
• A Study of Tibet from 841 to 1252. Zhongguo Pöjie Shiri, Beijing: 1990.#1
• Songzen Gampo and Langdhamma.Pöjiang Shipju. Lhasa: 1990.#2
• The Periodization of Ancient Tibetan History, Zhongguo Pöjie Shiri. 1991, #4
• A Brief History of Dagpo Rimpoche,Ganggarewo, 1991.#5
• The Relationship between Sanskrit and Tibetan Grammer. Pöjiang Shipju. 1992, #1
• The Origin of the 3 Schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Ganggarewo. 1992. #2
• A Critique of the Origins of Yinyang 5 Element Calculation. Pöjiang Shipju, 1991, #1
• The Great Karmapa Assemblies, 1377-1604, Zhongguo Pöjia Shiri. 1993, #1
• A Study Nyachi Dzenpo, Tibet's First King, Pöjiang Shipju. 1993, #3
• Problems in Translating Tibetan Literature, Zhongguo Pdjia Shiri. 1993 ,#4