Posted on January 6, 2009 by kurukulla
Full Title: Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa: The Life Story and Teaching of the Greatest Poet-Saint Ever to Appear in the History of Buddhism
Major Topic: Milarepa’s challenges and teachings
Level: all levels
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For those familiar with Tibetan Buddhism concepts, Milarepa’s songs are an inexhaustible treasury of teaching and instruction. Two [...]
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Posted on September 16, 2008 by kurukulla
Full Title: Life of Shabkar: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Yogin
Major Topic: Shabkar’s challenges and teachings
Level: all levels
This biography, like that of Milarepa’s, is a treasury of teaching and guidance. Two ways to use this book. Some of the chapters are wonderful accounts of spiritual challenges, albeit in highly mythic language. Second, the songs themselves [...]
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Posted on June 21, 2008 by kurukulla
Full Title: Chariot for Travelling the Path to Freedom: Life Story of Kalu Rinpoche
Major Topic: Kalu Rinpoche’s life
Level: all levels
Kalu Rinpoche’s autobiography is written in formal Tibetan and translated by Ken McLeod. The so-called biographies are more accurately accounts of the individual’s spiritual growth and development, not biographies as we understand them. Read this for [...]
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