Samten Chhosphel
earned his PhD from CIHTS in India where he served as the head of Publication Dept. for 26 years. He has a Master’s degree in Writing and Publishing from Emerson College, Boston. Currently he is an adjunct Assistant Professor at the City University of New York, and Language Associate in Columbia University, NY.
Ye shes rdo rje. 1996. Gangs can mkhas dbang rim byon gyi rnam thar mdor bsdus bdud rtsi'i thigs phreng,vol.2, pp. 39-41. Beijing: Krung go'i bod kyi shes rig dpe skrun khang.TBRC W25268.
Grags pa 'byungs gnas and Blo bzang mkhas grub. 1992.Gangs can mkhas sgrub rim byon ming mdzod.Lanzhou: Kan su'u mi rigs dpe skrun khang, pp. pp. 1094-1095.TBRC W19801.
Roerich, George, trans. 1996.The Blue Annals. 2nd ed. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidas, p. 273.
Ye shes rgyal mtshan. 1990.'Chad kha ba'i rnam thar. InLam rim bla ma brgyud pa'i rnam thar, vol. 1, pp. 256-260. Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang.TBRC W1CZ2730. This text is also available here:TBRC W2DB4613.
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