Biographies / Autobiographies of Saints

Biographies and Autobiographies of Saints

  • Brief Introduction to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, International Buddhism Sangha Association. [Chinese only]
  • Zi-Gong Zhuang, Master Yi Yungao: Biography of Master Wan Ko Yee. [Chinese only]
  • Dilgo Khyentse, Brilliant Moon: The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse. Tibetan-Nyingma.
  • Khenpo Twewang Dongyal, Light of Fearless Indestructible Wisdom: The Life and Legacy of H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche. Tibetan-Nyingma.
  • Namkhai Nyingpo, Mother of Knowledge: The Enlightenment of Yeshes M Tsho-ngyal. Tibetan-Nyingma.
  • Ngawang Zangpo, Guru Rinpoche: His Life and Times.  Indian & Tibetan.
  • Tsang Nyon Heruka (1452-1507), The Life of Milarepa. Excellent account of what it is like to study with a true vajra master. Tibetan-Kagyu.
  • Keith Dowman, Masters of Mahamudra: Songs and Stories of the Eighty-Four Buddhist Siddhas. Indian & Tibetan.
  • Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye (1813-1899), Timeless Rapture: Inspired Verse of the Shangpa Masters and The Autobiography of Jamgon Kongtrul:  A Gem of Many ColorsTibetan-Shangpa Kagyu.
  • Nyoshul Khenpo, A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage. Tibetan-Nyingma.
  • Nyanaponika Thera & Hellmuth Hecker, edited by Bhikkhu Bodhi, Great Disciples of the Buddha: Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy. Indian.
  • Chokyi Senge and Bodhisattva Kunga, The Life and Teachings of Padampa Sangye, Lion of Siddhas. Tibetan et al.
  • Cyrus Stearns, King of the Empty Plain: The Tibetan Iron-Bridge Builder Tangtong Gyalpo. Tibetan-Shangpa Kagyu.
  • Cyrus Stearns, Luminous Lives: The Story of the Early Masters of the Lam ‘Bras Tradition in Tibet. Tibetan-Sakya.
  • Cyus Stearns, The Buddha from Dolpo. Tibetan-Jonang.
  • Yeshe Tsogyal (8th century), The Lotus-Born: The Life Story of Padmasambhava.  Tibetan-Nyingma.
  • Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, Masters of Meditation and Miracles: Lives of the Great Buddhist Masters of India and Tibet.Tibetan-Nyingma.
  • Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Tibetan-Nyingma.
  • Yudra Nyingpo, The Great Image: The Life Story of Vairochana the Translator. Tibetan-Nyingma.