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 2023

The author of this essay is a student of the biographical subject. The author has fully disclosed this fact to the Treasury of Lives editorial staff, and that information was made known to the peer reviewer.

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Anon. “Padma Publishing Blooms.” The Wind Horse: Newsletter of Chagdud Gonpa. The Wind Horse Archives, February, 1987. https://www.chagdudgonpa.org/windhorse-articles/padma-publishing-blooms-1987-february

Anon. “Lama Sonam Tsering.” The Wind Horse: Newsletter of Chagdud Gonpa. The Wind Horse Archives, February, 1987. https://www.chagdudgonpa.org/windhorse-articles/lama-sonam-tsering-1987-february

Anon. “Pilgrimage to the Holy Land of the Buddha.” The Wind Horse: Newsletter of Chagdud Gonpa. The Wind Horse Archives, October, 1987. https://www.chagdudgonpa.org/windhorse-articles/pilgrimage-to-the-holy-land-of-the-buddha-1987-october

Anon. “Wu Tai Shan.” The Wind Horse: Newsletter of Chagdud Gonpa. The Wind Horse Archives, Spring, 1988. https://www.chagdudgonpa.org/windhorse-articles/wu-tai-shan-1988-spring

Anon. “Great Perfection Retreat.” The Wind Horse: Newsletter of Chagdud Gonpa. The Wind Horse Archives, Fall 1992. https://www.chagdudgonpa.org/windhorse-articles/great-perfection-retreat-1992-fall

Anon. “The Kaht’hok Transmission.” The Wind Horse: Newsletter of Chagdud Gonpa. The Wind Horse Archives, Fall 1992. https://www.chagdudgonpa.org/windhorse-articles/the-kahthog-transmission-1992-fall

Anon. “Tulku Sang-ngag.” The Wind Horse: Newsletter of Chagdud Gonpa. The Wind Horse Archives, Spring 1993. https://www.chagdudgonpa.org/windhorse-articles/tulku-sang-ngag-1993-spring

Anon. "Placing Buddhahood within Reach." The Wind Horse: Newsletter of Chagdud Gonpa. The Wind Horse Archives, Fall, 1993. https://www.chagdudgonpa.org/windhorse-articles/placing-buddhahood-within-reach-1993-fall.

Anon. “Tagsham Empowerments to be Held in Brazil.” The Wind Horse: Newsletter of Chagdud Gonpa. The Wind Horse Archives, Spring 1998. https://www.chagdudgonpa.org/windhorse-articles/tagsham-empowerments-to-be-held-in-braziltagsham-spring-1998

Anon. “Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche’s Passing.” Snow Lion Publications Newsletter. Vol. 17, No. 1. Winter, 2003. ISSN 1059-3691, BN:86605 3697.

Chagdud Khadro. “Chagdud Khadro, on Kurukullā,” YouTube video, 1.31:55, April 17, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wgiGOXfPqw&t=379s&ab_channel=KhyentseVisionProject.

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Dudjom Lingpa. 2002. Buddhahood Without Meditation: A Visionary Account Known as Refining One’s Perception (Nang-jang). Translated by Richard Barron. Rev. ed. Junction City, Calif: Padma Pub.

Lama Tsultrim. “Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche’s Cremation in Nepal.” The Wind Horse: Newsletter of Chagdud Gonpa. The Wind Horse Archives, Spring 2004. https://www.chagdudgonpa.org/windhorse-articles/chagdud-tulku-rinpoches-cremation-in-nepal-spring-2004

Nyoshul Khenpo. 2005. A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage: A Spiritual History of the Teachings on Natural Great Perfection. Translated by Richard Barron. 1st ed. Junction City, CA: Padma Publishers.

Schaik, Sam van. 2011. Tibet: A History. Yale University Press.

Stevens, Rachael. 2022. Red Tārā: The Female Buddha of Power and Magnetism. Boulder: Shambhala.

Tulku Ugyen. 2005. Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of the Dzogchen Yogi Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Boudhanath [Nepal]: Rangjung Yeshe Publications.

Yudru Tsomu. 2015. The Rise of Gönpo Namgyal in Kham: The Blind Warrior of Nyarong. London: Lexington Books.

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