The Treasury of Lives

Jörg Heimbel received his PhD from the University of Hamburg in 2014 where he is a lecturer for Classical and Colloquial Tibetan. He has published articles on topics such as the history of the Ngor and Sakya traditions, Buddhist ascetic traditions, vegetarianism, book culture, and Tibetan art. His recent book publications are Vajradhara in Human Form: The Life and Times of Ngor chen Kun dga’ bzang po (2017) and The Ngor Branch Monastery of Go mig (sTeng rgyud) in Spiti (2019). He is the founder of Ngor’s Textual Treasures, an interactive web application presenting the results of an ongoing cataloguing project of a collection of manuscripts from Ngor monastery.

Published July 2014

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Glo bo mkhan chen bsod nams lhun grub (1456–1532). N.d. Chos rje shar pa'i gdung brgyud kyi rim pa ji ltar byon pa'i tshul. In Glo bo mkhan chen bsod nams lhun grub kyi gsung 'bum, vol. 1 (ka), fols. 190a–194b. TBRC W00KG01660.

Rgyal rtse ba byang pa ngag dbang bsod nams rgyal mtshan (1598–1674). 2008. Shar chen chos kyi rgyal po 'jam mgon shes rab 'byung gnas kyi rnam par thar pa dge legs ngo mtshar lhun po. In Mkhan chen a pad rin po che yon tan bzang po (1927–2010), ed., Gsung ngag lam 'bras tshogs bshad chen mo, vol. 28 (sa), pp. 783-827. Kathmandu: Sachen International. TBRC W1KG13617.

Heimbel, Jörg. 2014. Ngor chen Kun dga' bzang po (1382 – 1456): An Investigation into the Life and Times of the Founder of the Ngor Subschool of the Sa skya Order. Dissertation im Promotionsfach Sprache und Kultur Tibets. Zur Erlangung der Würde des Doktors der Philosophie an der Fakultät für Geisteswissenschaften der Universität Hamburg.

Mus chen dkon mchog rgyal mtshan (1388–1469). 1983-1985. Snyigs dus kyi rdo rje 'chang chen po chos kyi rje kun dga' bzang po'i rnam par thar pa mdor bsdus pa. In: Lam 'bras slob bshad: The Sa-skya-pa Teachings of the Path and the Fruit, according to theTshar-pa transmission, vol. 1 (ka) pp. 432–473. Dehra Dun, U.P.: Sakya Centre. TBRC W23649.

Ngor chen kun dga' bzang po (1382-1456). 2009. Chos kyi rgyal po dpal ldan bla ma dam pa thams cad mkhyen pa'i rnam par thar pa dad pa rgyas byed. In E waṃ bka' 'bum, vol. 8, pp. 220-261. Beijing: Krung go'i bod rig pa dpe skrun khang. TBRC W1KG8320.

Ngor chen kun dga' bzang po (1382-1456). 2011. Chos kyi rgyal po dpal ldan bla ma dam pa thams cad mkhyen pa'i rnam par thar pa dad pa rgyas byed. In Bod kyi lo rgyus rnam thar phyogs bsgrigs thengs gnyis pa, vol. 53 ('i), pp. 406-453. TBRC W1PD153537.

Ngor chen kun dga' bzang po (1382–1456). 1993. Thob yig rgya mtsho. In Ngor chen kun dga' bzang po'i bka' 'bum, vol. 1 (ka), pp. 179-433. Dehra Dun, U.P.: Ngor Pal E-Wam Cho Dan. TBRC W11577.

Rta nag mkhan chen ngag dbang brtan pa'i rdo rje (b. 1584). 2008. Dpal chos kyi rje 'jig rten gsum gyi yongs su 'dren pa shar chen chos kyi rgyal po'i yon tan rgya mtsho gsal bar byed pa'i rnam par thar pa ye shes chen po'i glu dbyangs. In Mkhan chen a pad rin po che yon tan bzang po (1927–2010), ed., Gsung ngag lam 'bras tshogs bshad chen mo, vol. 28 (sa), pp. 631-719. Kathmandu: Sachen International. TBRC W1KG13617.

Sangs rgyas phun tshogs (1649–1705). 1983-1985. Rdo rje 'chang kun dga' bzang po'i rnam par thar pa legs bshad chu bo 'dus pa'i rgya mtsho. In Lam 'bras slob bśad: The Sa-skya-pa Teachings of the Path and the Fruit, according to the Tshar-pa transmission, vol. 1, 475-585. Dehra Dun, U.P.: Sakya Centre.

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