
Treasury of Lives

Tibet’s most famous holy madman

Treasury of Lives: The 4th Dalai Lama
The story of the Mongolian Dalai Lama

Treasury of Lives: Jigme Rigpai Lodro
How a Tibetan lama and scholar helped revive Buddhist culture in Chinese-controlled Tibet

Treasury of Lives: The 3rd Dalai Lama
The first to receive the Dalai Lama title, Sonam Gyatso forged a relationship with Mongol leadership

Treasury of Lives: Vairocanavajra
Teacher to the First Karmapa, the Indian master Vairocanavajra was also an alchemist

Treasury of Lives: Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok
Overcoming intractable political obstacles, one lama founded a thriving Buddhist academy in China’s Tibet

Treasury of Lives: Halloween Edition
Buddhist literature has never shied away from the dark and frightening

Treasury of Lives: The 2nd Dalai Lama
The extraordinary life of Gendun Gyatso

Treasury of Lives: Garwang Dorje and Chowang Dorje Dzinpa
The end of an incarnation line

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