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 April 2023

Bibliography

Heimbel, Jörg. 2017. Vajradhara in Human Form: The Life and Times of Ngor chen Kun dga' bzang po. Kathmandu: Lumbini International Research Institute.

Jackson, David. 1989. "Sources on the Chronology and Succession of the Abbots of Ngor E-waṃ-chos-ldan." Berliner Indologische Studien, vol. 4/5, pp. 49–94.

Jackson, David. 2001. "The 'Bhutan Abbot' of Ngor: Stubborn Idealist with a Grudge against Shugs-ldan."Lungta, vol. 14, pp. 87-107.

Jackson, David. 2003. Saint in Seattle: The Life of the Tibetan Mystic Dezhung Rinpoche. Boston: Wisdom. Pp. 109–110

Jackson, David. 2020. Lama of Lamas: The Life of the Vajra-Master Chogye Trichen Rinpoche. Kathmandu: Vajra Books.

Klu lding mkhan chen rin po che 'jam dbyangs bstan pa’i nyi ma. 2008. Rgyal ba'i lung bstan e waM pa'i rgyal tshab mkhan rabs rim byon gyi gdan rabs nor bu'i phreng ba yi yang skong nor bu'i phreng rgyan. In Gsung ngag lam 'bras tshogs bshad chen mo, Mkhan chen a pad, ed., vol. 27, pp. 469–513. The biography of Jampa Namkha Kunzang Tenpai Gyeltsen is on folia 485.2–486.4.

Mkhan po a pad, ed. 2008. Phan bde 'jam dbyangs kun bzang thub bstan chos kyi rgyal mtshan nas thar rtse ngag dbang bsod nams mchog ldan bar kyi gdan sa ba bcu bzhi'i rnam thar mdor bsdus yang skong nor bu'i phreng rgyan klu lding mkhan chen 'jam dbyangs bstan pa'i nyi mas mdzad pa. In Sa skya'i lam 'bras (glog klad par ma), vol. 27, pp. 469–513. Kathmandu: Guru Lama, Sachen International. The seventy-first Ngor abbot's biography is on pages 485–487. BDRC MW1KG13617

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