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.
Go Lotsawa ('gos lo tsA ba). 1949. The Blue Annals. Translated by George N. Roerich. Calcutta: Motilal Banarsidass.
Roberts, Peter Alan. 2007. The Biographies of Rechungpa: The Evolution of a Tibetan Hagiography. Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism. New York: Routledge.
Thrangu Rinpoche. 2002. Rechungpa: A Biography of Milarepa's Disciple. Translated by Peter Roberts. Namo Buddha Publications.
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