The Treasury of Lives

Alexander Gardner is Director and Chief Editor of the Treasury of Lives. He completed his PhD in Buddhist Studies at the University of Michigan in 2007. He is the author of The Life of Jamgon Kongtrul The Great.

Adam Pearcey is the founder of Lotsawa House. He completed his PhD at SOAS, University of London, in 2018 with a thesis on Dzogchen, scholasticism and sectarian identity in early twentieth-century Tibet. Read more at adamspearcey.com.

Published May 2022

Bibliography

Bayer, Achim. 2019. The Life and Works of mKhan-po gZhan-dga’ (1871–1927), rDzogs-chen Master and Educational Reformer of Eastern Tibet. (Hamburg Buddhist Studies 11). Freiburg: Projekt Verlag.

Blo gros phun tshogs. 1992. “Khams bye bshad grwaʼi lo rgyus mdo tsam brjod pa.” In Krung goʼi bod kyi shes rig, vol. 18, pp. 122–34. Beijing: Krung goʼi bod kyi shes rig dus deb khang.

Dilgo Khyentse, 2008. Brilliant Moon: The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse. Boston: Shambhala Publications.

Jackson, David. 2003. Saint in Seattle: The Life of the Tibetan Mystic Dezhung Rinpoche. Boston: Wisdom Publications.

Rab brtan dge legs phun tshogs. 2007. Dbon stod mkhyen rab kyi rnam thar dang gsung gces btus. Dge legs 'dod 'jo'i dpe tshogs. BDRC MW1KG3383

Rab brtan dge legs phun tshogs. 2015. Yongs kyi bshes gnyen chen po dbon stod pa mkhan chen thams cad mkhyen pa mkhyen rab chos kyi nyi ma 'phrin las mtha' yas pa'i 'od zer gyi rnam par thar pa cung tsam brjod pa dag pa'i snang pa. In Gsung 'bum dbon stod mkhyen rab 'od zer. Lhasa: Bod ljongs bod yig dpe rnying dpe skrun khang, pp. 3–47. BDRC W3CN3415. See also BDRC W1KG3383, pp. 9–62.

Namkhai Norbu. 2012. Lamp that Enlightens Narrow Minds: The Life and Times of a Realized Tibetan Master, Khyentse Chokyi Wangchug. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books.

Nam mkha’i nor bu. 2015. "Mkhyen rab chos kyi 'od zer gyi rnam thar nyung bsdus rin chen sgron me" in Chos rgyal nam mkha’i nor bu’i gsung 'bum. 5 volumes. Zi ling: mtsho sngon mi rigs dpe skrun khang. BDRC MW3CN5660. vol. 5: 119–143

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