Beschrijving

Here is the illustrated biography of Milarepa, the eleventh-century yogin and poet, who is the most renowned saint in Tibetan Buddhist history. It can be read on several levels: as the biography of mystic, it presents a quest for spiritual perfection, a piece of inspirational literature, tracing the path of great sinner who becomes a great saint. It is also a personal and moving introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. But it is also a powerful and graphic folk tale, full of magic, disaster, feuds, deceptions and humor. Milarepa is holy but captivatingly human figure who developed from an avenging black magican to a supremely powerful yogin, pointing the way to spiritual liberation and complete self-knowledge.

Lobsang P. Lhalungpa was born in Lhasa, Tibet, and has passed through the disciplines of the major branches of Tibetan Buddism inder many of its greatest living masters. His life has drawn him into all aspects of the effort to maintain the Tibetan trdition while bearing in mind Western needs.