Treasury of Lives

Trike Daily History & Philosophy

Mother of Tulkus

The story of one Tibetan mother who refused to surrender her children to monastic life

By Alexander Gardner

Dec 14, 2021

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Jamgon Kongtrul, the Man and the Myth

In telling the story of one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most influential scholars, a biographer reminds us to see great teachers—past and present—as human beings.

Interview with Alexander Gardner by Matthew Abrahams

Dec 19, 2019

Treasury of Lives: Vairocanavajra

Teacher to the First Karmapa, the Indian master Vairocanavajra was also an alchemist

By Alexander Gardner

Nov 12, 2013

Treasury of Lives

Tracing Buddhist lineages online

By Alexander Gardner

Summer 2013

Treasury of Lives: The Case of the Dalai Lama’s Cursed Boots

Biography and autobiography in Tibet are important sources for both education and inspiration. Tibetans have kept such meticulous records of their teachers that thousands of names are known and discussed in a wide range of biographical material. All these names, all these lives—it can be a little overwhelming. The authors involved in the Treasury of Lives are […]

By Alexander Gardner

May 28, 2013

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Final Week of Pat Enkyo O’Hara Roshi’s Retreat: To Be a Bodhisattva

“When we allow ourselves to be enlightened by everything that exists, then we can’t help but to also serve.” —Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara In the final week of Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara’s retreat, “To Be a Bodhisattva,” she interprets and adapts the last slogan of Zen Master Dogen from the Genjokoan: to be enlightened by the […]

By Tricycle

May 27, 2013

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Treasury of Lives: Nyingma Founders Part 4, The Jangter

By Tricycle

May 21, 2013

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Treasury of Lives: Lotsawa Loden Sherab and Lotsawa Zhonnu Pel

During the Second Propagation of Buddhism in Tibet around the 11th and 12th centuries, new scriptures and new ritual technologies were brought over the high Himalaya by scores of Tibetans, Indian, and Nepali masters to a Tibetan Plateau politically divided into small kingdoms and powerful clans which provided patronage for religious work. The influx of […]

By Alexander Gardner

May 14, 2013

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Second Week of Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara’s Retreat: To Forget the Self

In the second week of Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara’s retreat, “To Forget the Self,” she expounds on the second slogan of Zen Master Dogen from the Genjokoan: To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self, Enkyo Roshi says, is to forget the idea of the self: its story and its […]

By Tricycle

May 13, 2013

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Treasury of Lives

Trike Daily History & Philosophy

Mother of Tulkus

Trike Daily History & Philosophy

Jamgon Kongtrul, the Man and the Myth

Trike Daily Teachings

Treasury of Lives: Vairocanavajra

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Treasury of Lives

Trike DailyTeachings

Treasury of Lives: The Case of the Dalai Lama’s Cursed Boots

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Final Week of Pat Enkyo O’Hara Roshi’s Retreat: To Be a Bodhisattva

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Treasury of Lives: Nyingma Founders Part 4, The Jangter

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Treasury of Lives: Lotsawa Loden Sherab and Lotsawa Zhonnu Pel

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Second Week of Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara’s Retreat: To Forget the Self