Songs of spiritual experience : Tibetan Buddhist poems of insight and awakening

by Thupten Jinpa (Translator)

Other authorsJas Elsner (Translator)

Hardcover, 2000

Publication

Imprint: Boston, Massachusetts : Shambhala Publications, c2000. Edition: First edition. Responsibility: Selected and translated from the Tibetan by Thupten Jinpa and Jas Elsner with a foreword by H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xiv, 239 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, contributors, glossary, notes.

Call number

GT-B-Tb / Jinpa

Barcode

BK-08593

ISBN

9781570625503

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, The Great Traditions, New Arrivals Being Processed

CSS Library Notes

Description: In the Tibetan tradition, poetry has long been one of the primary means of expressing spiritual experience. The poems collected here communicate spiritual insight with grace and precision. The themes of the collection include impermanence, solitude, mystic consciousness, the path of awakening, and devotion to the guru. -- from jacket

Table of Contents: Foreword / H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama
Translators' Introduction
Evocation of life's transience
Yearning for solitude
Calling the guru from afar
Echoes of emptiness
Steps on the path to awakening
Visions of mystic consciousness
Reflections on the poet's own life

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Physical description

xiv, 239 p.; 24 cm

Description

The first major anthology of Tibetan spiritual poetry available in the West, Songs of Spiritual Experience offers original translations of fifty-two poems from all the traditions and schools of Tibetan Buddhism, spanning the eleventh to the twentieth centuries. These poems communicate spiritual insight with grace and precision, addressing the themes of impermanence, solitude, guru devotion, emptiness, mystic consciousness, and the path of awakening. Also included here is a thorough introduction exploring the characteristics of Tibetan verse and its role in Buddhism and a glossary containing notes on the poems.