In it she tells of the sufferings of her youth, the struggle to escape menial labor and become a hermitess, her dreams and visionary experiences, her relationships with other nuns, the painstaking work of contemplative practice, and her hard-won social autonomy and high-mountain solitude. Read : 552, Author : Chogyam Trungpa
File Size : 68.92 MB This lucid and moving translation of a text composed by the author of The Life of Milarepa and The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa documents the fascinating life of Marpa, who, unlike many other Tibetan masters, was a layman, a skillful businessman who raised a family while training his disciples. Download » One of the most beloved stories of the Tibetan people and a great literary example of the contemplative life The Life of Milarepa, a biography and a dramatic tale from a culture now in crisis, can be read on several levels. He went from being the worst kind of malevolent sorcerer to a devoted and ascetic Buddhist practitioner to a completely enlightened being all in a single lifetime. MILAREPA ‘I am Milarepa, great in fame, The direct offspring of Memory and Wisdom; Yet an old man am I, forlorn and nakedấ From my lips springeth forth a little song, For all Nature, at which I look, Serveth me for a book. Orgyan Chokyi (1675-1729) spent her life in Dolpo, the highest inhabited region of the Nepal Himalayas. Download : 267
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It presents a quest for purification and buddhahood in a single lifetime, tracing the path of a great sinner who became a great saint. File Size : 53.33 MB Download : 871
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Himalayan Hermitess is a vivid account of the life and times of a Buddhist nun living on the borderlands of Tibetan culture. Marpa the Translator, the eleventh-century farmer, scholar, and teacher, is one of the most renowned saints in Tibetan Buddhist history. Format : PDF, Mobi
File Size : 20.13 MB File Size : 47.88 MB Preserved orally for centuries, we cannot know how much of the story is historically accurate. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Download : 609 Format : PDF, ePub, Docs Format : PDF, ePub, Mobi Format : PDF