The Life and Spirtiual Songs of Milarepa (Golden Rosary Editions)

Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal Trust Publications: Auckland, NZ, 2003. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. [RELIGION]. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. "The Life and Spirtiual Songs of Milarepa (Golden Rosary Editions)." Auckland, NZ: Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal Trust Publications, 2003. English language. Softcover. xvi, 151 pp. 8 x 6 x 0.25 in. 20 x 15 x 1 cm. 9 oz. Text with black and white illustrations. Use on covers. Two small abrasions on front cover. Text clean. Very Good. ISBN: 9781877294266."Milarepa was one of the greatest Buddhist saints to have ever lived. His incredible story of accomplishing enlightenment in one lifetime is one of the truly inspirational books in Buddhism. What Milarepa practiced, realized, and taught was Mahamudra, which is the main meditation of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. This tradition has passed down orally from guru to disciple often by way of spiritual songs. These songs are a distillation of a practitioner's lifetime of meditation and illustrate the yogi's spontaneous realization. As they are quite concise and poetical, they often need a commentary to explain all the nuances of what they mean. In this book, Thrangu Rinpoche shares his wisdom on the life and teachings of Milarepa through explaining meaning of a series of ten spiritual songs from Milarepa's One Hundred Thousand Songs.