Table of Contents

Introduction
Editorial Introduction Françoise Robin
Artist Statement Tenzin Tendhar

PEMA TSEDEN, THE FATHER
Notes to the Father on the 49th Day of His Passing Jigme Trinley (Trans. Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani)

PEMA TSEDEN, THE FRIEND AND MENTOR
An Excerpt from ཡལ་མེད་རྟག་པའི་པད་མ། The Immortal Pema Gangzhun (Trans. Stanzin Lhaskyabs)
This Half of the Story Will be Remembered for a Long Time Lung Rinchen (Trans. Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani)
Dear Pema Tseden Chen Danqing (Trans. Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani)
“Now We Can Tell Tibetan Stories”: Portrait of the Filmmaker as an Old Friend Françoise Robin
“While He Was Alive, We Never Worried”: The Experience of Acting in Snow Leopard Tseten Tashi (Trans. Françoise Robin)

PEMA TSEDEN, THE WRITER
Reading Silences in the Short Stories of Pema Tseden Michael Monhart
Faith and Identity in Pema Tseden’s “Orgyan’s Teeth” (ཨོ་རྒྱན་གྱི་སོ།) Erin Burke

PEMA TSEDEN, THE TRANSLATOR
Translating Tibet: Pema Tseden’s Translations of Takbum Gyal’s Works Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani

PEMA TSEDEN, THE FILMMAKER I
Remembering Pema Tseden as a Filmmaker Chris Berry
Two Red Balloons: Pema Tseden and His Subjective Truths Jamyang Phuntsok
Tibet in Vision: In Memory of a Master Filmmaker, the Late Pema Tseden Tashi Nyima
Pema Tseden, a Tibetan Spiritual Artist at the Convergence of Eastern and Western Influences Xu Feng (Trans. Duan Wei)

PEMA TSEDEN, THE FILMMAKER II
One Balloon and Two Balloons Chamtruk (Trans. Dorji Tsering)
My Introspection on Watching the Movie Balloon Lhashem Gyal (Trans. Dorji Tsering)
An Elucidation from the Outside and Inside Datsang Palkhar Gyal (Trans. Kalsang Tashi)
I am Tharlo Baima Nazhen (Trans. Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani)

PEMA TSEDEN, THE PRODUCER
A Network of Kindred Souls: Pema Tseden as Producer and Art Director Brigitte Duzan

PEMA TSEDEN, THE INSPIRER
In This Year of Many Dreams Re Kangling (Trans. Lauran Hartley)
Emanation Kyabchen Dedrol (Trans. Norwu Amchok)
A Lone Flower Blighted by Snow Mukpo (Trans. Palden Gyal)
A Body of Light Nakpo (Trans. Palden Gyal)
Everlasting Lamp Gar Akyung (Trans. Riga Shakya)
Rainbow Baima Nazhen (Trans. Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani)
A Long Song of Sadness on the 49th Day Gangzhun (Trans. Françoise Robin)