The Lion's Roar of a Yogi-Poet: The Great Song of Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen
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- Synopsis
- An exultant song of realization by one of Tibet&’s greatest yogis, explained and elaborated upon by a beloved contemporary Tibetan teacher.Jetsun Rinpoche Dragpa Gyaltsen (1147–1216)—revered as one of Tibet&’s greatest yogis and one of the founding figures of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism—composed his Great Song of Experience as a way to distill and communicate the essence of the Buddhist path to enlightenment. Shimmering with double meanings, seeming tautologies, and ribald references, Dragpa Gyalsten&’s verses resound with insights thrown out like bolts of lightning: &“When mind itself is comprehended, that is Buddha; do not seek elsewhere for the Buddha!&” Beloved teacher Lama Migmar Tseten&’s newly updated translation of Dragpa Gyeltsen&’s Great Song brings these verses to life with a clarity and immediacy that belies the underlying challenge that these verses pose to our ordinary ways of thinking and being. In his extensive verse-by-verse commentary, Lama Migmar unravels Dragpa Gyaltsen&’s terse, enigmatic verses with clarity and humor, bringing Rinpoche&’s ecstatic realization and pointed insights into conversation with twenty-first-century concerns, showing how the experiential teachings of a twelfth-century Tibetan yogi can help us understand and counteract the modern pressures of wanton consumerism, greed and inequality, isolation and loneliness, and environmental degradation. Lama Migmar&’s insightful commentary opens the door to the radical vision presented by Dragpa Gyalsten&’s poetic teachings, showing us a view of the mind without center or limits, as bright as the sun, and clear and open as space. In addition to Lama Migmar&’s extensive verse-by-verse commentary, the book includes facing-page English and Tibetan editions of the root text of Great Song of Experience, and the laudatory poem Praise to Jetsun Rinpoche Dragpa Gyaltsen by Dragpa Gyaltsen&’s nephew and student, the great Sakya Pandita (1182–1251).
- Copyright:
- 2024
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 408 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781614299097
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781614298960
- Publisher:
- Wisdom Publications
- Date of Addition:
- 08/27/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Lama Migmar Tseten
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.