The Play of Mahamudra - by Migmar Tseten (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The teachings in this book concern Virupa's Treasury of Dohas. Virupa is one of the eighty-four mahasiddhas, the Indian masters who practiced meditation according to the Vajrayana or tantric Buddhist path and achieved high levels of realization. The teachings in this book on the Mahasiddha Virupa's mystical songs were conducted over the course of several years by Khenpo Lama Migmar at the Sakya Institute in Cambridge, MA. The classes were then transcribed and adapted to book form"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Essential commentary on the spontaneous mystical songs of the Indian Buddhist rebel-saint Virupa. <p/>In this collection, renowned Tibetan Buddhist teacher Lama Migmar Tseten provides <b>essential commentary on the mystical songs of the Indian Buddhist rebel-saint Virupa. </b>One of the most celebrated tantric masters of Buddhist India, Virupa's songs describe his realization of<i> mahamudra</i>, the ultimate nature of reality. Intimate and highly engaging, <i>The Play of Mahamudra</i> unpacks these songs with meticulous clarity, making Virupa's insights accessible to modern readers. <p/> "This new collected edition of Khenpo Migmar Tseten's <i>Play of Mahamudra</i> volumes constitutes a veritable treasure for all who are deeply engaged on the path to enlightenment. Khenpo Migmar's translation of Mahasiddha Virupa's <i>Treasury of Dohas</i> and of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo's <i>Praise to Virupa</i> makes us intimately familiar with the essence of these root texts, and his elucidation of the <i>Dohas</i> offers us a deep and clear understanding of their core meaning. Anyone who truly contemplates on Mahasiddha Virupa's words is certain to attain realization."<br> <b>--His Holiness the Sakya Trichen</b><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Lama Migmar Tseten has served as Buddhist chaplain at Harvard University since 1997. He received both a traditional and a contemporary education in India, graduating from the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies at Sanskrit University in Varanasi. He served as the head of the Sakya Center in Rajpur, India, and the Sakya Monastery in Puruwalla. Lama Migmar has supervised the editing and publication of more than fifty rare volumes of Sakya literature and is the author of many books, including <i>Awakening to the Noble Truth</i> and <i>The Tibetan Book of Awakening</i>. As the founder of the Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lama Migmar leads retreats throughout North America and Europe.
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