Dus gsum rgyal ba thams cad kyi ngo bo rigs dang dkyil ʼkhor rgya mtshoʼi mngaʼ bdag byams mgon chos kyi rgyal po rje brtsun Ngag-dbang-byams-pa rin po cheʼi gsung ʼbum mi pham bla maʼi zhal lung zhes bya ba bzhugs so

About this book

Collected works of the first Purchok Ngawang Jampa, a Tibetan Buddhist teacher of the Dge-lugs-pa (Gelukpa) tradition who was born in Chamdo (Chab-mdo) in 1682 and trained at Se-ra Monastery in Lhasa. He was known for his meditation, scholarship, and for serving as tutor (yongs ʼdzin) to the 8th Dalai Lama. Volume 1 includes his both a biography written by the 3rd Panchen lama, and Purchok Ngawang Jampa's autobiography. The remainder of volume 1, and volumes 2-3, contain his varied writings: ritual texts, biographical sketches of important lamas, catalogs of works in the Jokhang, and Sera Monastery, poetry, etc.