Yeshi Dhonden (1927-2019) *92
The grave site of Yeshi Dhonden / Plot 86227127. This memorial website was created in memory of Yeshi Dhonden, 92, born on May 15, 1927 and passed away on November 26, 2019.
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was a Tibetan doctor of Traditional Tibetan medicine, and served the 14th Dalai Lama from 1961 to 1980. In 2018, the Indian government honoured him with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India. Yeshi Dhonden was born into a family of peasants on 15 May 1927 in Namro, a village located in Lhoka, Tibet, south of the Yarlung Tsangpo River. He was sent to Sungrab Ling Monastery at the age of 6 and took novice vows as a Buddhist monk two years later. At the age of 11, he joined the Chakpori Institute of Tibetan Medicine, Lhasa, and studied medicine for nine years. He was taught by Khyenrab Norbu. Dhonden displayed strong memorization skills during the study of the four tantra.
At the age of 20, he was recognized as the best in class at the Chakpori Institute of Tibetan Medicine, and he was made an honorary doctor of the Dalai Lama. From 1951 onward, he practiced medicine in Tibet in his native region, where he became known for his great efficiency after he had treated an influenza epidemic on the Tibetan-Bhutanese border that year. When the 14th Dalai Lama went into exile in 1959, Dhonden chose to accompany him and help the Tibetan refugees in India.
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