The Illustrated Lives of the Five Kagyu Forefathers and the Seventeen Karmapas

Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. The illustrated lives of the five Kagyu forefeathers: 1. Lord Telopa Sherap Zangpo. 2. Powerful Naropa, scholar and Siddha. 3. Marpa Lotsawa Chokyi Lodro. 4. Jetsun Milarepa, Lord of Yogins. 5. Lord of Dharma Gampopa. II. The illustrated lives of the seventeen Karmapas: 1. The first Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa. 2. The second Karmapa Karma Pakshi. 3. The third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje. 4. The fourth Karmapa rolpe Dorje. 5. The fifth Karmapa Dezhin Shekpa. 6. The sixth Karmapa Thongwa Donden. 7. The seventh Karmapa chodrak Gyatso. 8. The eighth Karmapa Mikyo Dorje. 9. The ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje. 10. The tenth Karmapa Choying Dorje. 11. The eleventh karmapa Yeshe Dorje. 12. The twelfth Karmapa changchup Dorje. 13. The thirteenth Karmapa Dudul Dorje. 14. The fourteenth Karmapa Thekchok Dorje. 15. The fifteenth Karmapa Khakhyap Dorje. 16. The sixteenth Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje. 17. The seventeenth Karmapa ogyen trinely Dorje. 18. Biography of Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. 19. Biography of Khenpo Sherap Phuntsok. 20. Biography of the painter Lama Rigzin. Glossary. Glossary of names. Bibliography.

Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery was built by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche on the sacred site of Takmo Lujin (Offering Generously to the Tigress), also known as Namo Buddha, in Nepal. It is here in a past life that the Buddha perfected generosity. The monastery fosters meditation practice in its retreat centers and ritual practices in the main shrine hall. Education is promoted through an institute for higher Buddhist studies and a school for the younger monks. They all engage as well as in the variety of tasks that sustain a large monastic community. Senior monks travel abroad to teach at Thrangu Rinpoches’s numerous centers around the world.