17th Karmapa Music in the Sky (PDF)

This is the most comprehensive biography of the 17th Karmapa that has been written. It it begins when he was born and lived in a tent with this parents and siblings at an early age, then describes being found and living in Tibet at Rumtek. Then it describes his harrowing escape from Tibet to India where he was given a monastery by the Dalai Lama.

Thiss book is extremely comprehensive in 345 pages Discussing his teachings, his poetry, and brief histories of the previous 16 Karmapas.