The Treasury of Lives

Alexander Gardner is Director and Chief Editor of the Treasury of Lives. He completed his PhD in Buddhist Studies at the University of Michigan in 2007. He is the author of The Life of Jamgon Kongtrul The Great.

Published September 2015

Bibliography

Bkra shis chos 'phel. 2002. 'Das rjes rnam thar. In Rgya chen bka' mdzod, vol. 10, pp. 739-783. New Delhi: Shechen. TBRC W23723. See also TBRC W21808.

Blo gros don yod. 2005. Blo gros mtha' yas kyi rnam thar. In Dus 'khor chos 'byung in+dra nI la'i phra tshom, vol. 1, pp. 524-536. Mirik: 'Bo dkar nges don chos 'khor gling gi bla spyi spar bskrun zhus. TBRC W00EGS1016994.

Gardner, Alexander. 2009. “The Twenty-five Great Sites of Khams: A Native Map of an Imperiled Place.” In Studies on the History of Eastern Tibet. Wim van Spengen and Lama Jabb, eds. Leiden: Brill, pp. 97-132.

Gardner, Alexander. 2019. The Life of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great. Boulder: Shambhala.

Guarisco, Elio. 1995. "Translator's Introduction: Kongtrul Lodro Taye." In Myriad Worlds, pp. 15-35. Ithaca: Snow Lion.

Grags pa yongs 'dus. 1993. 'Jam mgon dang blo gros mtha' yas kyi rnam thar. In Kam tshang gser phreng gi rnam thar kha skong, pp. 135-212. New Delhi: Topga Yulgyal. TBRC W19988.

'Jam mgon kong sprul yon tan rgya mtsho. 1973. Phyogs med ris med kyi bstan pa la ’dun shing dge sbying gi gzugs brnyan ’chang ba blo gros mtha’ yas kyi sde’i byung ba brjod pa nor bu sna tshogs mdog can. Bir: Tibetan Khampa Industrial Society. TBRC W20880. See also TBRC W23723.

Jamgön Kongtrul. 2003. The Autobiography of Jamgön Kongtrul: A Gem of Many Colors. Richard Barron, trans. Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications.

'Jigs bral ye shes rdo rje. 1996. 'Jam mgon yon tan rgya mtsho blo gros mtha' yas. In Bdud 'joms chos 'byung, vol. 538-550. Chengdu: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang. TBRC W20827.

Karma nges don chos kyi blo gros. 2007. 'Jam mgon gong 'og gsum gyi rnam thar. In Dpal spungs thub bstan chos 'khor gling gi lo rgyus, pp. 182-187. Beijing: Mi rigs dpe skrun khang. TBRC W1GS75024.

Mi nyag mgon po, et. al. 1996. Kong sprul yon tan rgya mtsho'i rnam thar mdor bsdus/ (1813-1899). In Gangs can mkhas dbang rim byon gyi rnam thar mdor bsdus, vol. 2, pp. 320-322. Beijing: Krung go'i bod kyi shes rig dpe skrun khang. TBRC W25268.

Smith, Gene. Jamgon Kongtrul and the Nonsectarian Movement. In Among Tibetan Texts. Boston: Wisdom Publications, pp. 235-272. The original essay is here: TBRC W1KG12962.

Ye shes rdo rje. 1996. Gangs can mkhas dbang rim byon gyi rnam thar mdor bsdus bdud rtsi'i thigs phreng. Vol. 2, pp. 320-322. Beijing: Krung go'i bod kyi shes rig dpe skrun khang. TBRC W25268.

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