Rebkong
Rebkong is the name of a region in Amdo, in the northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau.
It became known for the exquisite quality of its art, and especially for its communities of powerful Nagkpas and Ngakmas, lay practitioners of Tantric Buddhism. In the eight century, Guru Rinpoché himself had predicted that the Rebkong community of ngakpas would become—as Tsédrub Lama Tharchin (1936-2013) later said—the inheritors and foremost proponents of tantric wrathful activities.
Since the early 8th century, Tibetans and Himalayan people have treasured "Namtars" as written or spoken narratives that demonstrate the realization of the Buddhist path by exceptional practitioners. These namtars, or spiritual biographies, serve as inspirational guides on the path to enlightenment.
Today, Namtars Foundation aims to record, preserve, and freely offer the world a written and electronic treasury of the oral wisdom of Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhism.
