The Autobiography of the Venerable Lama Dudjom Dorjee Summary Dudjom Dorjee was born to a nomadic family in eastern Tibet in the middle 20th century.[1] He was born near a mountain called Pa-ji-ri. He is the second child in his family. The first boy, however, died at age one or two. His father’s name was Karma Tsultrim, who was a monk when he was young, and later gave … [Read more...]

Abstract Born in a small village named Madey Chukama in Golok, Amdo region, Naktsang Nulo’s autobiography mainly records the story of his childhood. A cutting line in his life was PLA’s occupation. He witnessed Tibetan monks being forced to smash their monasteries and lamas being beaten to death by the locals. His father tried to have them escape but he died in a battle … [Read more...]

Jeffrey Daniel Torborg Abstract Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche’s The Magical Play of Illusion: The Autobiography of Trijang Rinpoche (2018) recounts his life from the year of his birth in 1901 until 1975, six years before his death in 1981. A student and then monk at Ganden Monastery in Lhasa, Trijang Rinpoche describes his early training in verse, composition, memorization, … [Read more...]