The all-pervading melodious drumbeat: the life of Ra Lotsawa

The story of Tibet's notorious master of Buddhist sorcery--available for the first time in English. An essential sacred text of Tibetan Buddhism, The All-Pervading Melodious Drumbeat tells the story of Ra Lotsawa Dorje Drak. Though canonized as a saint and a fully enlightened buddha, the eleven...

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1. Verfasser: Ye-shes-seng-ge (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Cuevas, Bryan J. 1967- (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Tibetan
Veröffentlicht: New York Penguin Books 2015
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Zusammenfassung:The story of Tibet's notorious master of Buddhist sorcery--available for the first time in English. An essential sacred text of Tibetan Buddhism, The All-Pervading Melodious Drumbeat tells the story of Ra Lotsawa Dorje Drak. Though canonized as a saint and a fully enlightened buddha, the eleventh-century Ra Lotsawa's life story presents a darker path than those taken by Siddhartha Gautama or Milarepa. Viewed by some as a murderous villain and by others as a liberator of human suffering, Ra Lotsawa used his formidable power and magical abilities to defeat his rivals, gain a devoted following, and grow rich. Despite these deeds, his fame also rests on an illustrious career as a translator of Buddhist scriptures, through which he helped spark a renaissance of Buddhism in Tibet. Now readers in English have their first opportunity to encounter one of the most colorful and memorable figures in Tibetan Buddhist history
Beschreibung:Aus dem Tibetischen übersetzt
Beschreibung:xliv, 363 pages
ISBN:9780142422618
0142422614