The Life of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
By Jamgon Kongtrul
English translation by Matthew Akester
Publisher: Shechen Publications India
ISBN: 81-7472-197-5
Jamgon Kongtrul’s biography of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo is the definitive account of a giant among spiritual masters, composed by his closest friend and colleague. It is one of the most informative sources there is on the Ri-me or nonsectarian movement in 19th century eastern Tibet.
This unabridged and annotated English translation is prefaced by translations of the autobiographical verses on which Kongtrul based his work, and a condensed version that the author included in his Lives of the Hundred Treasure Revealers collection. The volume is illustrated with 12 color plates, 300pp.