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Samten Chhosphel earned his PhD from CIHTS in India where he served as the head of Publication Dept. for 26 years. He has a Master’s degree in Writing and Publishing from Emerson College, Boston. Currently he is an adjunct Assistant Professor at the City University of New York, and Language Associate in Columbia University, NY.  

Published June 2011

Bibliography

Blo bzang tshul khrims . 2006. Thugs gnyer mdzad nas mdo phyogs gtso bor byas pa'i rig gnas kun la mkhas par gyur pa dang lha mo dbyangs can ma'i zhal gzigs nas rjes su bzung ba dang rje red mda' ba'i rtogs pa mdo tsam brjod pa bcas bstan pa'i le'u ste gsum pa. In The collected works of Rje tsong kha pa'i rnam thar chen mo, vol. 1, pp. 62-92. Beijing: Krung go'i bod rig pa dpe skrun khang. TBRC W2DB4600.

Bsod nams grags pa. 2007. Red mda' ba. In Bka' gdams gsar rnying gi chos 'byung yid kyi mdzes rgyan, pp. 46-48. Rnga ba: Rnga yul kirti dgon dge ldan legs bshad gling. TBRC W1KG4257.

Don rdor and bstan 'dzin chos grags. Gangs ljongs lo rgyus thog gig rags can mi sna, bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang, 1993. pp. 420-422.

Gdong thog. 1977. Byang phyogs Thub pa'i Rgyal tshab Dpal ldan Sa skya pa'i Bstan pa Rin po che Ji ltar Byung ba'i Lo rgyus Rab 'byams Zhing du Snyan pa'i Sgra dbyangs. Delhi: Lakshmi Printing Works, pp. 225 ff.

Grags pa 'byung gnas and Rgyal ba blo bzang mkhas grub. 1992. Gangs can mkhas grub rim byon ming mdzod. Lanzhou: Kan su'u mi rigs dpe skrun khang, pp. 1619-1620.

'Jam dbyangs bzhad pa'i rdo rje. 1997. Rje red mda' ba'i dris lan gyi Tik+ka rtsom 'phro. In The collected works of 'Jam dbyangs bzhad pa'i rdo rje, vol. 3, pp. 545-574. Gomang College, India? TBRC W21503.

Khu byug. 2004. Rje btsun red mda' ba gzhon nu blo gros kyis dbu ma'i 'chad nyan mdzad pa. In Bod kyi dbu ma'i lta ba'i 'chad nyan dar tshul blo gsal mig 'byed, p. 235. Beijing: krung go'i bod rig pa dpe skrun khang. TBRC W28813.

Mnga ris pa sangs rgyas rtse mo. Unpublished manuscript. Rje btsun thams cad mkhyen pa ku mA ra ma ti'i rnam thar ngo mtshar rmad byung. TBRC W18649 and W1CZ1885.

Mi nyag mgon po. 1996. Gangs can mkhas dbang rim byon gyi rnam thar mdor bsdus bdud rtsi'i thigs phreng. Beijing: Krung go'i bod kyi shes rig dpe skrun khang, vol. 1, pp. 106-114.

Mi nyag mgon po, et. al. 1996-2000. Red mda' ba gzhon nu blo gros kyi rnam thar mdor bsdus (1349-1412). In Gangs can mkhas dbang rim byon gyi rnam thar mdor bsdus, pp. 138-146. Beijing: Krung go'i bod kyi shes rig dpe skrun khang. TBRC W25268.

Roloff, Carola. 2009. Red mda' ba. Buddhist Yogi-Scholar of the Fourteenth Century The Forgotten Reviver of Madhyamaka Philosophy in Tibet. Contributions to Tibetan Studies, vol. 7. Wiesbaden: Verlag.

Ye shes rgyal mtshan. 1990. Red mda' ba gzhon nu blo gros kyi rnam thar. In Lam rim bla ma brgyud pa'i rnam thar, pp. 903-917. Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang. TBRC W1CZ2730.

A biography of Red mda' ba gzhon nu blo gros by Mnga' ris pa Sangs rgyas rtse mo is listed in Sonam Dondrub's catalog of Tibetan biographies, no. 1882; another by 'Dul 'dzin Grags pa rgyal mtshan is no. 1882. See: Bsod nams don grub. 2000. Bod kyi lo rgyus dpe tho. Lhasa: Bod ljongs Mi dmangs Dpe skrun khang.

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