The Treasury of Lives

Joseph McClellan received a PhD from Columbia University's Department of Religion in 2013. He has taught humanities at colleges in several countries and is now an independent translator and writer based in Asia.

Published June 2025

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Draszczyk, Martina. 2019. "'Natural Awareness Endowed with Buddha Qualities' as Expounded by Zhamar Kacho Wangpo." In The Other Emptiness: Rethinking the Zhentong Buddhist Discourse in Tibet. Edited by Klaus-Dieter Mathes and Michael Sheehy. SUNY Press. [Etext]

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Roerich, George, translator. 1949. The Blue Annals. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.

Ye shes rdo rje. 1996–2000. Zhwa dmar mkha' spyod dbang po'i rnam thar mdor bsdus (1350 1405). In Gangs can mkhas dbang rim byon gyi rnam thar mdor bsdus, vol. 2, pp. 73–75. Beijing: Krung go'i bod kyi shes rig dpe skrun khang.

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Unknown. 1997. "Zhwa dmar mkha' spyod dbang po." In Kaṃ tshang yab sras dang dpal spungs dgon paʼi lo rgyus ngo mtshar dad pa'i padma rgyas byed, pp. 139–40. Chengdu: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang.

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