The Trials of Telo Rinpoche Movie Review 1999

Explores the dilemma of Telo Rinpoche, a.k.a. Eddie Ombadykow, a 21-year-old American, who loves The Smashing Pumpkins and is also a Buddhist monk recognized by the Dalai Lama as a lama reincarnate. Now back in his homeland of Kalmykia he is revered as a spiritual leader and expected to revive Buddhism following the fall of communism.

Distribution

University of California Extension Ctr. for Media & Independent Learning, 2000 Center St., 4th Fl., Berkeley, CA 94704, Phone: (510)642-0460, Fax: (510)643-9271, Email: mediaservices@ucxonline.berkeley.edu

Available on VHS
Running time 49 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Asia, Anthropology, Religion