Lion of siddhas : the life and teachings of Padampa Sangye / translated by David Molk with Lama Tsering Wangdu Rinpoche.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Molk, David, 1953-

Tsering Wangdu, Lama, 1936-

Language:

English

Tibetan

Subjects (All):

Dam-pa-sang-rgyas, Pha, active 11th century.

Dam-pa-sang-rgyas.

Mahāmudrā (Tantric rite)--Early works to 1800.

Mahāmudrā (Tantric rite).

Lamas--China--Tibet Autonomous Region--Biography--Early works to 1800.

Lamas.

China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. : Snow Lion Publications, [2008]

Summary:

"Best known as Machig Labdron's teacher, the Indian mahasiddha Padampa Sangye is counted as a lineage guru by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He brought the lineage of Chöd to Tibet, carried the Buddha's teachings to China, and is even asserted in the Tibetan tradition to have been the legendary Bodhidharma. Padampa Sangye's teaching methods were unorthodox and sometimes extreme. This transcendent and irascible teacher encouraged his disciples to disregard social conventions, disdain social contacts, and go beyond their cultural conditioning. He inspired innumerable highly realized disciples, many of whom were women. Lion of Siddhas presents two extraordinary texts- a biography of Padampa Sangye, and a rare collection of his verbal and nonverbal teachings called Mahamudra in Symbols, recorded by his chief Tibetan disciple almost a thousand years ago. Both are previously untranslated."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Chos-kyi-seṅ-ge. Grub paʾi dbaṅ phyug chen po rje btsun dam pa saṅs rgyas rnam par thar pa dṅos grub ʾod stoṅ ʾbar baʾi ñi ma. English.

Kun-dgaʼ, Thugs-sras, 1062-1124. Phyag rgya chen po brdaʼi skor gsum. English

ISBN:

9781559392990

1559392991

OCLC:

213479911