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Tibetans accord The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa a classic status comparable to that of the Mahabharata and the Bible, and revere its author as probably the best single exemplar of the religious life. Milarepa was an eleventh-century Buddhist poet and saint, a cotton-clad yogi who avoided the scholarly institutions of his time and wandered from village to village, teaching enlightenment and the path to Buddhahood through his spontaneously composed songs. Wherever he went, crowds of people gathered to hear his sweet sounding voice "singing the Dharma."The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa, says the book's translator, "has been read as the biography of a saint, a guide book for devotions, a manual of Buddhist yoga, a volume of songs and poems, and even a collection of Tibetan folklore, and fairy tales." With titles like "The Salvation of the Dead," "A Woman's Role in the Dharma," and "Challenge from a Wise Demoness," Milrepa's poems are filled with fascinating tales of miraculous encounters and colorful imagery, and present a valuable insight into the living quality of Tibetan Buddhism. Central as this book is to Tibetan culture, the arcane dialect and obscurity of many original passages daunted translators for centuries; this was the first complete version of the classic to appear in the West.

This Galaxy Book edition features seven authentic Tibetan yoga texts, previously unknown in the West until their first English publication in 1935. It serves as a companion to the Tibetan Book of the Dead, edited by Dr. Evans-Wentz, who dedicated over 15 years to researching and studying under Hindu sages and Buddhist lamas. This volume is illustrated with photographs and reproductions of yoga paintings and manuscripts, presenting key meditations used by philosophers and gurus for attaining Right Knowledge and Enlightenment. The editor includes a body of orally transmitted traditions and teachings received firsthand, appealing to anthropologists, psychologists, and students of comparative religion and Mahayana Yoga. Each text is prefaced with special commentaries, and the preface contrasts Buddhist tenets with European religious, philosophical, and scientific concepts. Yoga, foundational to Hinduism, Jainism, Zen Buddhism, and Taoism, has also influenced Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. These seven interconnected texts provide a comprehensive view of teachings that have shaped Eastern culture and are increasingly enriching Western understanding of the psyche. Evans-Wentz, associated with Jesus College, Oxford, has authored several significant works on yoga, offering a unique "interpretation from within" that is rare among Western scholars. He lived in India and Sikkim, studying occult doctrines at the invitation of Maharaja S

Úvod do duchovních, mentálních a tělesných cvičení. Kniha poslouží lidem v západním světě, aby pochopili buddhismus a přijali ho jako součást svého života. Autor této knihy ji napsal po mnohaletém pobytu v Tibetu, kde absolvoval výcvik u svého guru. Po osmi letech odešel na západ seznamovat lidi s buddhismem. Původní tibetský text s komentáři.