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Date of entry: 20.6.2002

Name: Ivette Vargas

E-mail: ivargas at fas.harvard.edu

Age: 1963

Nationality: American

Address: 108 Ashcroft Road Medford, MA 02155, USA

Occupation: Ph.D. Candidate, lecturer at Grinnell College (2002-03)

Educational Background: Ph.D. Candidate Harvard Universsity, M.A. Harvard University Sanskrit & Indian Studies, Religious Studies

Project Work: Illness and Fasting in the Gelongma Palmo Biographies

Affiliation with an University: Harvard University

Publications: I can send c.v.

Field of Research: Tibetan Buddhism

Specific Interests, Remarks and Requests:
I would like to find out about any information you may have on the instrumentality of illness in Tibetan Buddhism, leprosy in Tibetan culture, any information on smyung gnas practices in your area or on Gelongma Palmo, and any information on the identity of a Bhutanese Lama Lama Rabten who contracted leprosy and whose biography of Gelongma Palmo was published by Tharchin in 1953.

Note: You are doing great work! Referred by Eric Jacobson.

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