Aris, Michael. 1980. Bhutan: The Early History of a Himalayan Kingdom. Ghaziabad: Vikas Publishing House.
Yonten Dargye and Per K. Sørensen, trans. 2001. The Biography of Pha 'Brug-sgom Zhig-po called ‘The Current of Compassion'. Thimphu: The National Library.
Mi pham tshe dbang bstan 'dzin. 1985. Pha 'brug sgom zhig po'i rnam par thar pa thugs rje'i chu rgyun. Thimphu: National library of Bhutan. (This biography, said to have been dictated to his son Dampa, was hidden as a treasure and revealed once more sometime in the 16th or 17th centuries.)
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