We've been busy!
This year we published 38 biographies by 10 authors, 7 of them first time contributers.
Wondering what people have been reading most?
Here are our top ten most read biographies of 2025
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March Recap:
13 biographies published
of these 11 are female masters including
-Samding Dorje Pakmo incarnations 3-11
-Drigung Khandro Sherab Tarchin
-Achi Chokyi Drolma
Also published biographies of these important 20th century masters:
Dhogonpa Sangda Dorji
Lama Rabsel of Gyelpak
Happy Losar Greeting Year of the Wood Snake 2152 Image of naga emerging from water and tree in the background
Losar Tashi Delek to you and yours!
February 28th is the first day of the Tibetan New Year, bringing the Tibetan year 2152.
We wish you a joyous new year and hope the wood snake year brings you peace and well-being.
Katok Dorjeden was founded in 1159 by Katokpa Dampa Deshek, whose teacher Dzamton Drowai Gonpo predicted that if Katokpa were to return to his homeland and establish a monastery he would spread the Buddhist teachings far and wide.
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With the addition of recent biographies, we now have 90 life stories of people associated with Katok Monastery, one of over 1,000 places displayed on our dynamic map.
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Tukchok Dorje became an expert in all the branches of ceremonial arts and ritual, including music and torma preparation. He received the oral transmissions and instructions for the Four Tantras, the foundational texts of the Tibetan medical tradition, as well as many texts on medical treatment.
That Getse chose Tukchok Dorje for the task, rather than a more famous khenpo, is a testament to Tukchok Dorje's erudition and talent. Getse also selected him to write closing verses and colophons for some of his major publications.
He became particularly close with Getse Mahāpaṇḍita, who empowered him to teach the Guhyagarbha Tantra, which, to that point, had not been taught in a systematic way at Katok. Establishing the exegetical tradition of the Guhyagarbha at Katok was one of Getse's top priorities
NEW BIO by Joe McClellan
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Gyiling Tukchok Dorje was a nineteenth-century scholar and teacher in Golok. He was a disciple of Getse Mahāpaṇḍita, and other important lamas at Katok. He founded Gyilung Monastery where he was a respected historian and teacher.
He became particularly close with Getse Mahāpaṇḍita, who empowered him to teach the Guhyagarbha Tantra, which, to that point, had not been taught in a systematic way at Katok. Establishing the exegetical tradition of the Guhyagarbha at Katok was one of Getse's top priorities
Śākya Dorje is also listed as a lineage master for Dzogchen special instructions passed down by generations of Katok masters and preserved by the Third Katok Getse in his great compendium. Though yet to be cataloged, in it, Dzogchen instructions attributed to Śākya Dorje are likely to be found.
NEW BIO!
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Horpo Śākya Dorje: sole surviving text attributed to him is The All-Encompassing Lamp of Awareness: A Detailed Exposition of the Nine Yānas. During his life and for centuries after his death, he was esteemed as a profound scholar and meditation master.
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