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Tibet's Great Yog=i Milarepa: A Biography from the Tibetan Being the Jetsun-Kabbum or Biographical History of Jetsun-Milarepa, According to the Late
Contributor(s): Gtsan-Smyon (Author), Zla-Ba-Bsam-'Grub (Author)

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 ISBN: 0195133137     ISBN-13: 9780195133134
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2000
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Annotation: With detailed introductory and explanatory notes, the late Dr. Evans-Wentz examines the life of Milarepa, the important Tibetan religious leader of more than 800 years ago. For this third edition, Donald S. Lopez, Jr., writes a critical Foreword that updates and puts in context Evan-Wentz's scholarship within the yoga traditions. 5 halftones.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist)
- Social Science | Anthropology - General
- Biography & Autobiography | Religious
Dewey: B
LCCN: 00021815
Lexile Measure: 1320(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" L (1.06 lbs) 346 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Buddhist
Features: Illustrated
Review Citations: Library Journal 11/01/2000 pg. 143
 
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Publisher Description:
This life story of Milarepa--the important Tibetan religious leader who lived over 800 years ago--is part of a remarkable four-volume series on Tibetan Buddhism produced by the late W.Y. Evans-Wentz, all four of which are being published by Oxford in new editions. While there are many
parochial differences among the several sects of Tibetan Buddhism, each holds the Great Yogi Milarepa in the highest reverence and esteem. For exemplified in Milarepa's life, as we discover in these pages, are all of the teachings of the great yogis of India--including those of Gautama the Buddha,
the greatest yogi known to history.

Amid his detailed introductory and explanatory notes for this text, Evans-Wentz also reveals compelling similarities between the life and thought of Milarepa and those of Jesus, Gandhi, and saints...in ancient China, or India, or Babylonia, or Egypt, or Rome, or in our own epoch. In composing this
translation from the original Tibetan, the late Lāma Kazi Dawa-Samdup, who was Evans-Wentz's guru for many years, aimed to show Western readers one of our great teachers as he actually lived...much of which is couched in the words of his own mouth, and the remainder in the words of his disciple
Rechung, who knew him in the flesh. For this third edition, Donald S. Lopez, author of Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West, has written a critical foreword that updates and contextualizes this crucial part of Evans-Wentz's scholarship within the yoga tradition.
 
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