Contents Hildegard Diemberger & Karma Phuntsho: Introduction 9 Yangdon Dhondup: From Hermit to Saint: The Life of Nyang snang mdzad rdo rje (1798-1874) 15 Drodul Dorje: A brief report on Rare and Old Manuscript Conservation project of Dpal brtsegs bod yig dpe rnying zhib ´jug khang 43 Sherab Zangpo: Comments on Emporer Khri lde srong btsan´s Bla ´bum 55 Pasang Wangdu: The Lebs ri Tombs and the Mchims Clan 73 Hildegard Diemberger: Chos kyi sgron ma´s Life and the Bo dong pa Tradition: Discovery and Innovative Creativity in Buddhist Revival 97 Jill Sudbury: Tracing the Sacred Thread: Restoring the Bo dong pa Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism 125 Charles Ramble: History from below: An inroduction to Three Tibetan Archival Collections from Mustang, Nepal 155 Shin´ichiro Miyaki: A brief introduction to the Tibetan Works Collections of Otani University 195 Karma Phuntsho: Unravelling Bhutanese Treasures 223 Hildegard Diemberger, Karma Phuntsho & Burkhard Quessel: Tibetan-Mongolian Rare Books and Manuscripts Project 249 Notes on Contributors 269