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 January 2021

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Brown, Mick. The Dance of 17 Lives: The Incredible True Story of Tibet's 17th Karmapa. London: Bloomsbury, 2004.

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DiValerio, David. 2016. The Life of the Madman of Ü. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Gleig, Ann, and Amy Langenberg. Forthcoming. Abuse, Sex, and the Sangha. New Haven: Yale University

Hayward, Jeremy. 2008. Warrior King of Shambhala: Remembering Chögyam Trungpa. Boston: Wisdom.

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Mackenzie,Vicki. 1999. Cave in the Snow. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

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Midal, Fabrice. 2004. Chögyam Trungpa: His Life and Vision. Ian Monk, translator. Boston: Shambhala.

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Mukpo, Diana J. 2006. Dragon Thunder: My Life with Chögyam Trungpa. Boulder: Shambhala.

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Trungpa, Chögyam. 1969. Meditation in Action. Boston: Shambhala.

Trungpa, Chögyam. 1973. Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism. Boston: Shambhala.

Trungpa, Chögyam. 1978. Glimpses of Abhidharma. Boston: Shambhala.

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Trungpa, Chögyam. 1985 (originally published in 1966 and revised in 1977 with a new preface). Born in Tibet. Boston: Shambhala.

Trungpa, Chögyam. 1991. Crazy Wisdom. Boston: Shambhala.

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