Published by Shambhala Publications in December 2019, “Tsongkhapa: A Buddha in the Land of Snows” by Thupten Jinpa is a comprehensive portrait of Jé Tsongkhapa (1357–1419).

High Peaks Pure Earth presents the Summer 2018 Reading List! We’ve updated the previous Winter Reading List to include 26 (!) more titles covering the span of the entire Tibetan Buddhist world. Please note the reading list is best viewed on your computer’s browser, each link opens in a new tab.

  Published in May 2018 by Shambhala Publications, “Gendun Chopel: Tibet’s Modern Visionary” by Donald S Lopez Jr is an exploration of Gendun Chopel’s life as a recognized tulku, or incarnation of a previous master, from becoming a monk and soon surpassing the knowledge of his teachers, to his travels and discoveries throughout Tibet, India, and Sri Lanka.

As 2017 nears to a close, we’ve updated our Summer reading list to include 13 more titles covering the span of the entire Tibetan Buddhist world. Please note the reading list is best viewed on your computer’s browser, each link opens in a new tab.

Published in July 2017 by Shambhala Publications, “Enlightened Vagabond: The Life and Teachings of Patrul Rinpoche” is a collection of stories gathered and translated by the French Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard over more than thirty years.

Published in March 2017 by Shambhala Publications, “The Revolutionary Life of Freda Bedi: British Feminist, Indian Nationalist, Buddhist Nun” by Vicki Mackenzie tells the story of Freda Bedi (1911–1977), the first Western woman to become a Tibetan Buddhist nun.