Gesar : Tantric practices of the Tibetan warrior king /

Mi-pham-rgya-mtsho, ʼJam-mgon ʼJu, 1846-1912,

Gesar : Tantric practices of the Tibetan warrior king / Jamgön Mipham ; translated and edited by Gyurme Avertin ; with contributions by Chögyam Trungpa and Orgyen Tobgyal ; foreword by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse. - lxv, 297 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Foreword / by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse -- Translator's Introduction -- Part I. Gesar Explained -- Part II. Gesar Practices and Crafts -- Part III. Extra Prayers from the Rest of the Collected Works -- Glossary of Terms -- Glossary of Proper Names -- Notes.

"Gesar of Ling is widely known as the hero of Tibet's national oral epic, considered the longest epic in the world. But he is also the focus of Buddhist practices in which his enlightened form known as King Gesar the Jewel becomes one of the numerous spiritual methods offered by Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism to progress towards buddhahood. This work contains the complete selection of practice texts compiled by the early modern Tibetan polymath Ju Mipham and included in his Collected Works"--

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Gesar (Legendary character)


Gesar (Legendary character) --Prayers and devotions.
Tantric Buddhism.
Buddhism--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

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