Gedun Rabsal

Pronouns:

he/him

Phone:

(812) 856-2960

Email:

grabsal@iu.edu

Department:

Central Eurasian Studies

Campus:

IU Bloomington

Hometown:

Lhasa, Tibet

Biography

Gedun Rabsal is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies (CEUS) at Indiana University Bloomington, specializing in Tibetan language, literature, and Buddhist studies.Born and raised in Amdo, Tibet, he began his academic journey at Rongwo Monastery, where he studied classical Tibetan texts and practiced Tibetan Buddhism from 1982 to 1986.He continued his studies at Ganden Jangtse College in Mundgod, India, from 1987 to 1992, focusing on commentaries on Sutra and Tantra, Tibetan history, and literature.

Rabsal serves as CeLCAR's Tibetan Language Developer, where he is the primary author of Tibetan: An elementary textbook, a communicative based language teaching textbook for teaching and learning the Tibetan language.

To read more about Rabsal's education, experience, and qualifications, please visit his IU CEUS Profile.

Research Interests