
Hagiography

Tibet’s most famous holy madman

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

Treasury of Lives: The 1st Adzom Drukpa, Drodul Pawo
Dilgo Khyentse’s early teacher

Treasury of Lives: The 1st Dalai Lama
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the 1st Dalai Lama (But Were Afraid to Ask)

Treasury of Lives: Zhangton Chober
The legend of the Lamdre transmission

Treasury of Lives: Poet Saints, Part 2
The life and poetry of the 6th Dalai Lama

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