Name/Title
Tibet's great yogi, Milarepa : a biography from the Tibetan / edited by W.Y. Evans-WentzEntry/Object ID
BQ7950 .M557 1951Secondary Title
Tibet's great yogi, Milarepa : a biography from the Tibetan, being the Jetsuen-kahbum, or biographical history of Jetsuen-Milarepa, according to the late Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English renderingDescription
Despite the many sectarian differences between the numerous sects of Tibetan Buddhism, they all unite in holding the Great Yogi Milarepa in the highest reverence and esteem, and consider him the prototype of everything that a great saint should be. In Milarepa's life, the teachings of all the great yogis of India, including the greatest of them known to history, Gautama the Buddha, are exemplified. Remarkable parallels, too, may be drawn between Milarepa's teachings and those given the world by another Great Master of Life in the Sermon on the Mount. And in his preface to the second edition of the work, which appeared in 1958, the editor points also to similarities between the life and teachings of Milarepa and the greatest of modern India's spiritual leaders, Mahatma Gandhi. In making this translation from the original Tibetan, the late Lama Kazi Dawa Samdup, who was Dr. Evans-Wentz's Tibetan guru for many years, wished to show to cultured Western eyes "one of our great teachers, as he actually lived, in a biography of him, 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." Dr. Evans-Wentz contributed a highly informative introduction, and liberal explanatory notes. -- Back Cover
Contents:
INTRODUCTION
The Importance of the Jetsun-Kahbum
Historical Value of the Narrative
Tibetan Schools of Buddhist Philosophy
The Kargyutpa Apostolic Succession
The Modern Successors of Milarepa
Kargyutpas Compared with Christian Gnostics
Dissenting Sects
Genealogical Tree of Lamaist Sects
The Defence of the Hermit Ideal
The Arhant Problem
The Text and its Translation
The Place of the Jetsun-Kahbum in the Literature of Tibet
Milarepa as one of Humanity's Heroes
RECHUNG'S TIBETAN INTRODUCTION
PART I THE PATH OF DARKNESS
The Lineage and Birth
The Tasting of Sorrow
The Practising of the Black Art
PART II THE PATH OF LIGHT
Introduction
The Seeking of the Holy Dharma
The Probation and Penance
The Initiation
The Personal Guidance by the Guru
The Parting from the Guru
The Renunciation
The Meditation in Solitude
The Hermitages and Service Rendered to Sentient Beings
The NirvanaCollection
Jotidhammo Collection, Archive Reading ListDimensions
Dimension Description
xxviii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmBook Details
Editor
W.Y. Evans-WentzPublication Translator
Lama Kazi Dawa SamdupEdition
Second editionPublisher
Oxford University PressDate Published
1951Publication Subjects
Mi-la-ras-pa, 1040-1123
BuddhismCall No.
BQ7950 .M557 1951ISBN
0195003012