A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems

Title: A MARVELOUS GARLAND OF RARE GEMS

Secondary Title: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage

Description: A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage is the only comprehensive history of the Nyingtik lineage, which forms the core of teachings known as Dzogchen (Great Perfection) in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. It was written by the late Nyoshul Khen Rinpoché Jamyang Dorjé, one of the most outstanding and knowledgeable exponents of Dzogchen. In this work, framed as a series of biographical accounts, Nyoshul Khenpo provides a wealth of information invaluable to spiritual practitioners, as well as historians studying the cultures of central Asia.

Author: Nyoshul Khenpo

Translator: Richard Barron (Lama Chokyi Nyima)

Introduction: Sogyal Rinpoche

Publisher: Padma Publishing

Style: Hardcover

Edition Print: 2012

ISBN: 9781881847410

Pages: 687