Franz-Karl Ehrhard is professor of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the
University of Munich. His research work centres on religious and literary
traditions in Tibet and the Himalayas. His publications include Early Buddhist
Block Prints from Mang-yul Gung-thang, Lumbini 2000, Life and Travels of Lo-chen
bSod-nams rgyamtsho, Lumbini 2002, and A Rosary of Rubies. The Chronicle of the
Gurrigs mDo-chen Tradition from South-Western Tibet, Munich 2008.