Samden 62, Ganden Monastery, Tibet
Phil Borges

Samden came to Ganden Monastery at the age of 12. Once the pinnacle of Tibet’s university-like monasteries, Ganden was completely destroyed during the Cultural Revolution along with all but 11 of Tibet’s 6,200 monasteries. Samden was 44 when the bombing occurred and had recently returned to help with of some of the rebuilding.