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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 July 2014

Bibliography

A mes zhabs Ngag dbang kun dga' bsod nams (1597–1659). 2000. Dpal ldan sa skya pa'i yab chos kyi snying khu 'khor lo sdom pa'i dam pa'i chos byung ba'i tshul legs par bshad pa bde mchog chos kun gsal ba'i nyin byed. In Dpal sa skya pa chen po sngags 'chang thams cad mkhyen pa ngag dbang kun dga' bsod nams kyi gsung 'bum, vol. 16 (ma), pp. 1–281. [Kathmandu]: Sa skya rgyal yongs gsung rab slob gnyer khang.

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.

Mi nyag mgon po (1923–2008). 1996. Gangs can mkhas dbang rim byon gyi rnam thar mdor bsdus bdud rtsi'i thigs phreng| (deb dang po|). [Beijing:] Krung go'i bod kyi shes rig dpe skrun khang. TBRC W25268.

Mus chen Dkon mchog rgyal mtshan (1388–1469). 1983–1985. Bla ma dam pa dpal ldan tshul khrims pa'i rnam thar. In Lam 'bras slob bśad: The Sa-skya-pa Teachings of the Path and the Fruit, according to the Tshar-pa transmission, vol. 1 (ka), pp. 406.2–413.5. Dehra Dun, U.P.: Sakya Centre. TBRC W23649.

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 (ka), pp. 179–433. Dehra Dun, U.P.: Ngor Pal E-Wam Cho Dan. TBRC W11577.

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