The Treasury of Lives

Marlene Erschbamer is an independent scholar who holds a PhD in Buddhist Studies from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich. Her research interests include the Barawa Kagyu tradition, Sikkim Studies, Tibetan Buddhism and the role of gender, and the intersection of religion, nature, and culture in the Tibetan Cultural Area.

Published July 2021

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'Ba' ra ba rgyal mtshan dpal bzang. 1970. Rje 'ba' ra ba chen po rgyal mtshan dpal bzang gi bka' 'bum: A Tibetan Encyclopedia of Buddhist Scholasticism. The Collected Writings of 'Ba'-ra-ba rGyal-mtshan-dpal-bzang. Vol. 1–14. Dehradun: Ngawang Gyaltsen and Ngawang Lungtok.

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Erschbamer, Marlene. 2017. The 'Ba'-ra-ba bKa'-brgyud-pa: Historical and Contemporary Studies. Vienna: WSTB.

Erschbamer, Marlene. 2019. "Learning, Discipline, and Nobility: rJe 'Ba' ra ba and his Spiritual Father Zur phug pa." In: Unearthing Himalayan Treasures: Festschrift for Franz-Karl Ehrhard, Volker Caumanns, Marta Sernesi, Nikolai Solmsdorf (eds.), Marburg: Indica et Tibetica 59, 189–202.

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Smith, Ellis Gene. 2001. Among Tibetan Texts: History and Literature of the Himalayan Plateau. Boston: Wisdom Publications.

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