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.
Erschbamer, Marlene. 2017. The 'Ba'-ra-ba bKa'-brgyud-pa: Historical and Contemporary Studies. Vienna: WSTB.
Ngawang Tenpai Gyeltsen. Short Biographical Sketches of Kagyu Tulkus of Kagyu Tshechogling Monastery. Unpublished typescript.
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