Mystical Verses of a Mad Dalai Lama
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (668 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0835607003 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 270 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Inspiring and Amusing Incantessimo The 2nd Dalai Lama is one of the most interesting figures in this impressive lineage of scholars, yogis, poets and saints. Glenn Mullin has devoted much of his life to the works and lives of these great men (or are they the same man?) and provides us with a valuable volume here.The 2nd is called "Mad Dalai Lama" because he is one of those "crazy yogis" whose enlightenment freed them from the bonds of conventionality. This lib. Todd M. Steed said Worth reading. This filled in a lot of blanks for me on the subject matter. The verses are great. I wish I could read them in their original Tibetan. I assume this is a very good set of translations.
These charming, wise, and songful teachings are highly recommend ed.- Dara Eklund, Los Angeles P.L.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. Part 1 elucidates the Dalai Lama's lineage and central Buddhist concepts. In addition, the present Dalai Lama provides an insightful foreword in which he states that Gendun Gyatso was the greatest of the early Dalai Lamas. A highly qualified Tibetan translator, Mullin researched the archives in Dharamsala, the spiritual headquarters of the Dalai Lamas, for over 20 years. . Part 2 is based on the second Dalai Lama's autobiography and Wish-Fulfilling Tree , a 16th-century work by his discip
Lyrical mystic verses of the Second Dalai Lama translated by a Tibetan Buddhist scholar.