The official diary of the Gould mission to Lhasa sent by the British government. Read more about the mission diary.
Jetsun Kusho called today. She is a sister of Dorje Phagmo (The Thunderbolt Sow) the only woman incarnation in Tibet. She is a shy, little, old nun and has come to Lhasa from Samding where she lives with Dorje Phagmo, to look after a brother who is ill.
Author: Frederick Spencer Chapman [see handwritten annotations in Diary by Hugh Richardson in MS. Or. Richardson 2, Bodleian Libary, Department of Oriental Collections, University of Oxford]
Page Reference: Pt VIII p.1