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.

By:

Mi-pham-rgya-mtsho, ʼJam-mgon ʼJu, 1846-1912 [author.]

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Boulder, Colorado : Snow Lion, [2023]Description: lxv, 297 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781611809152

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DDC classification:

294.3/444 23/eng/20221202

LOC classification:

PL3748.G4 M57 2023

Contents:

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.

Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.

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"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"-- Provided by publisher.