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Jörg Heimbel received his PhD from the University of Hamburg in 2014 where he is a lecturer for Classical and Colloquial Tibetan. He has published articles on topics such as the history of the Ngor and Sakya traditions, Buddhist ascetic traditions, vegetarianism, book culture, and Tibetan art. His recent book publications are Vajradhara in Human Form: The Life and Times of Ngor chen Kun dga’ bzang po (2017) and The Ngor Branch Monastery of Go mig (sTeng rgyud) in Spiti (2019). He is the founder of Ngor’s Textual Treasures, an interactive web application presenting the results of an ongoing cataloguing project of a collection of manuscripts from Ngor monastery.

Published January 2015

Bibliography

Heimbel, Jörg. 2014. Ngor chen Kun dga' bzang po (1382 – 1456): An Investigation into the Life and Times of the Founder of the Ngor Subschool of the Sa skya Order. Dissertation im Promotionsfach Sprache und Kultur Tibets. Zur Erlangung der Würde des Doktors der Philosophie an der Fakultät für Geisteswissenschaften der Universität Hamburg.

Jackson, David. 1990. "Identification of Individual Teachers in Paintings of Sa-skya-pa Lineages." In Indo-Tibetan Studies: Papers in Honor and Appreciation of David L. Snellgrove's Contributions to Indo-Tibetan Studies. Tadeusz Skorupski, ed. Tring: Institute of Buddhist Studies.

Mu po. 2002. Grub chen sangs rgyas dpal. In Gsung ngag rin po che lam 'bras bla ma brgyud pa'i rnam thar kun 'dus me long, pp. 51-54. Beijing: Mi rigs dpe skrun khang. TBRC W23724.

Ngor chen Kun dga' bzang po (1382–1456). 1983–1985. Grub chen buddha shrī pa'i rnam par thar pa. In Lam 'bras slob bśad: The Sa-skya-pa Teachings of the Path and the Fruit, according to the Tshar-pa transmission, vol. 1, pp. 413.5–431.6. Dehra Dun, U.P.: Sakya Centre.

Ngor chen Kun dga’ bzang po (1382–1456). Chos rje bud dha shrī pa’i rnam par thar pa. In dPal brtsegs bod yig dpe rnying zhib ’jug khang (ed.), Bod kyi lo rgyus rnam thar phyogs bsgrigs thengs gnyis pa. 30 vols. (vols. 31–60). Zi ling: mTsho sngon mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 2011, vol. 53 (’i), pp. 371–404.

Ngor chen Kun dga’ bzang po (1382–1456). Grub chen buda [= buddha] shrī’i rnam par thar pa. dBu med manuscript, 20 fols. TBCR W2CZ7930.

Ngor chen Kun dga’ bzang po (1382–1456). Bla ma dam pa grub chen buddha shrī’i rnam thar. In [Ngor chen kun dga’ bzang po’i bka’ ’bum]. 4 vols. Dehra Dun, U.P.: Ngor Pal E-Wam Cho Dan, 1993, vol. 1 (ka), pp. 145.6–169.2 TBRC W11577.

Ngor chen Kun dga' bzang po (1382–1456). 1993. Thob yig rgya mtsho. In Ngor chen kun dga' bzang po'i bka' 'bum, vol. 1, pp. 179-433. Dehra Dun, U.P.: Ngor Pal E-Wam Cho Dan. TBRC W11577.

Stearns, Cyrus. 2006. Taking the Path as the Result: Core Teachings of the Sakya Lamdre Tradition. The Library of Tibetan Classics, vol. 4. Boston: Wisdom Publications.

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