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The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa: The Life-Story and Teaching of the Greatest Poet-Saint Ever to Appear in the History of Buddhism Hardback - 1999

by Garma C. Chang

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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.

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ONCE the great Yogi Milarepa was staying at the Eagle Castle of [Red Rock] Jewel Valley, absorbing himself in the practice of the Mahamudra meditation.

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  • Title The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa: The Life-Story and Teaching of the Greatest Poet-Saint Ever to Appear in the History of Buddhism
  • Author Garma C. Chang
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 730
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Shambhala, Boston
  • Publication date June 29, 1999
  • ISBN 9781570624766 / 1570624763
  • Weight 2.65 lbs (1.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.37 x 6.49 x 2.3 in (23.80 x 16.48 x 5.84 cm)
  • Category Religion - World Religions
  • Library of Congress subjects Spiritual life - Buddhism, Mi-la-ras-pa
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 98043692
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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"Call it mystic superhero hagiography if you want, but the punch lines in The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa pack enough wattage to blow out the lights of the universe. . . . What a magnificent gift this book is! If there's justice at all in this precious home we call life, then may we all get to taste Milarepa's wild nettles and pure mountain water before we die."— Manoa

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The translator, Garma C. C. Chang, traveled extensively in Tibet and studied Buddhism in several monasteries there for more than eight years. His translation of The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa is the fruit of many years of extensive study.

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