Renowned photographer Don Farber, one of the most important chroniclers of Buddhism today, brings the face and the spirit of contemporary Tibetan Buddhism alive with this remarkable book. Portraits of Tibetan Buddhist Masters---a collection of superb color photographs presented with brief biographies and teachings from each master---is a vibrant work, a testament to the compassion and wisdom that lies at the heart of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Farber felt compelled to record the last of the living Buddhist masters who received their training in Tibet and then fled the country following the invasion by China, as well as other masters who survived many years of imprisonment during the Cultural Revolution. He has worked with a sense of urgency to photograph and interview these extraordinary beings who have been the custodians of this endangered Buddhist tradition. His collection of portraits also includes some of the bright lights of Tibetan Buddhism, the younger masters who will carry the tradition into the future. As a photographic archive of Tibetan Buddhist masters, this book plays an important role in preserving Tibetan culture, in all its richness and complexity, through the words and faces of its esteemed masters.

Foreword / Sogyal Rinpoche --
Introduction --
Portraits of the masters --
His Holiness the Dalai Lama: the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism --
Masters of the Nyingma School --
His Holiness Mindrolling Trichen Rinpoche --
His Holiness Penor Rinpoche --
Trulshik Rinpoche --
Rabjam Rinpoche --
Dzogchen Rinpoche --
Minling Khenchen Rinpoche --
Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche --
Sogyal Rinpoche --
Khandro Tsering Paldron Rinpoche --
Thinley Norbu Rinpoche --
Dzigar Kongrul Rinpoche --
Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche --
Dzatrul Rinpoche --
Gyatrul Rinpoche --
Khamtrul Rinpoche --
Anzin Rinpoche --
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche --
Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche --
Khenpo Thupten Mewa Rinpoche --
Sakyong Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche --
Adzom Paylo Rinpoche --
Kunsang Dechen Lingpa Rinpoche --
Lama Tharchin Rinpoche --
Tulku Thubten Rinpoche --
Khempo Yurmed Tinly Rinpoche --
Masters of the Kagyu School. Karma Kagyu. His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Tringley Dorje --
His Holiness the Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje --
Jamgön Kongrul Rinpoche --
Tai Situ Rinpoche --
Gyaltsab Rinpoche --
Kalu Rinpoche --
Bokar Rinpoche --
Thrangu Rinpoche --
Tenga Rinpoche --
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche --
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche --
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche --
Drukpa Kagyu. Choegon Rinpoche --
Khamtrul Rinpoche --
Adeu Rinpoche --
Togden Atrin --
Togden Acho --
Drikung Kagyu. The Drikung Kyabgon, His Holiness Chetsang Rinpoche --
Garchen Rinpoche --
Drikung Ontul Rinpoche --
Ayang Rinpoche --
Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche --
Masters of the Sakya School. His Holiness Sakya Trizin --
His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya Rinpoche --
Chogye Trichen Rinpoche --
Luding Khenchen Rinpoche --
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche --
Khenpo Kunga Wangchuk Rinpoche --
Dagmo Jamyan Sakya --
Khandro Tsering Chödrön --
Jetsun Chimey Luding --
Gona Tulku Rinpoche --
Masters of the Gelug School. The One Hundredth Gaden Tri Rinpoche --
Ling Rinpoche --
Lati Rinpoche --
His Holiness the Ninth Khalkha Jetsun Dampa --
Khyongla Rato Rinpoche --
Arjia Rinpoche --
Tara Tulku Rinpoche --
Ribur Rinpoche --
Kangyur Khensur Rinpoche --
Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche --
Samdhong Rinpoche --
Gehlek Rinpoche --
Lama Zopa Rinpoche --
Geshe Lhundub Sopa --
Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen.