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 2021

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Karma Chokyi Gyamtso. 2018. Lord of the Siddhas: The Life, Teachings, Parinirvana, and Legacy of Kyabje Dorje Chang Kalu Rinpoche Karma Rangjung Kunkhyab. Bangkok: Khyung Chen Great Garuda Imprints.

McLeod, Ken. 1985. The Chariot for Travelling the Path to Freedom: The Life Story of Kalu Rinpoche, San Francisco. The autobiography was republished in Karma Chokyi Gyamtso, pp. 81-117.

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