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''Radiant Mirror'', a life story of Padmasambhava by [[Pema Lingpa]] (1450-1521). Tibetan title: ([[u rgyan slob dpon padma 'byung gnas kyi 'khrungs rabs chen mo zhes bya ba sangs rgyas bstan pa'i byung khung mun sel sgron me las rnam thar don gsal me long]]). A terma text in two volumes revealed at [[Samye]] by [[Pema Lingpa]]. Gangtok, 1977.
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''Padma Kathang'' by [[Orgyen Lingpa]]. Tibetan title: ([[o rgyan gu ru padma 'byung gnas kyi skyes rabs ran par that pa rgyas pa bkod pa padma bka'i thang yig]]). Long version in poetry, 108 chapters in 721 pages. Revealed in the [[Crystal Cave of Yarlung]] in central Tibet and therefore also known as [[Namthar Sheldragma]], [[The Crystal Cave Biography]]. Originally translated into French by [[Toussaint, G.-C.]] as [[Le Dict de Padma]] (Padma Thang Yig MS. de Lithang). Paris: 1933. Later re-translated in to English by [[Kenneth Douglas]] and [[Gwendolyn M. Bays]], published by [[Tarthang Tulku]] as ''[[The Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava]]''.
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Padma Kathang by Orgyen Lingpa. Tibetan title: (o rgyan gu ru padma 'byung gnas kyi skyes rabs ran par that pa rgyas pa bkod pa padma bka'i thang yig). Long version in poetry, 108 chapters in 721 pages. Revealed in the Crystal Cave of Yarlung in central Tibet and therefore also known as Namthar Sheldragma, The Crystal Cave Biography. Originally translated into French by Toussaint, G.-C. as Le Dict de Padma (Padma Thang Yig MS. de Lithang). Paris: 1933. Later re-translated in to English by Kenneth Douglas and Gwendolyn M. Bays, published by Tarthang Tulku as The Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava.