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.

Published February 2010

Images

Bodhisattva with Atisa and Dromton

This eighteenth century painting of a Bodhisattva depicts Atiśa and Kadam founder Dromton on the top (left and right). Tara and Jambala are pictured along the bottom. Dromton is considered an emanation of Padmapani Avalokiteśvara, who is the central figure in this image according to some sources. However, the presence of a sword and book suggests that the central figure is Mañjuśrī.

Third Pawo Tsuklak Gyatso

An exceptional painting of the Third Nenang Pawo surrounded by hierarchs of the Karma Kagyu and other traditions. The size of the hand and footprints suggest that they are stylized rather than actual prints.
 

Tsongkhapa

A painting of Tsongkapa, founder of the Geluk tradition, with the two principal students, Gyaltsab on the left and Khedrub on the right.

Bibliography

Bsod nams grags pa.Bka gdams rin po che’i chos ’byung rnam thar nyin mor byed pa’i ’od snang. InTwo Histories of the Bka’-gdams-pa Tradition. Gangtok: Gonpo tseten.

’Jam mgon a myes zhabs. 1634.Bka’ gdams chos ’byung.

Khetsun Sangpo. 1973.Biographical Dictionary of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism. Dharamsala: LTWA, Vol. 17.

Grags pa ’byung gnas. 1992.Gangs can mkhas grub rim byon mingmdzod. Lanzhou: Kan su’u mi rigs dpe skrun khang, pp. 1252-1254.

Mi nyag mgon po. 1996.Gangs can mkhas dbang rim byon gyi rnam thar mdor bsdus. Beijing: Krung go’i bod kyi shes rig dpe skrun khang, vol. 2, pp. 6-13.

Tshe mchog gling yongs ’dzin ye shes rgyal mtshan. 1970 (1787).Byang chub lam gyi rim pa’i bla ma brgyud pa’i rnam par thar pa rgyal bstan mdzes pa’i rgyan mchog phul byung nor bu’i phreng ba. Delhi: Ngawang Gelek Demo.

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