| Tibetan Songs of Realization: Echoes from a Seventeenth-Century Scholar and Siddha in Amdo Contributor(s): Sujata, Victoria (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004140956 ISBN-13: 9789004140950 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $188.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2004 Annotation: Amongst most other forms of Tibetan literature, the genre of "Mgur ("songs of spiritual realization") stand out for their startingly and unusually sincere descriptions of inner thoughts, feelings and experiential knowledge. This book is the first commentary in Western literature on the collected "Mgur of one of its still largely unknown masters, the Tibetan scholar and "siddha Skal ldan rgya mtsho (1606-1677). The author convincingly deals with Skal ldan rgya mthso's as a distinctive figure in religious history and as an author. "Tibetan Songs of Realization also provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of his work, with translation, as well as (an assessment of) the full biographical and auto-biographical data available. With a unique CD containing the author's own recordings of his songs as they are still sung today. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Social Science |
| Dewey: 782.421 |
| Series: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.44" W x 9.58" (2.23 lbs) 455 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Amongst most other forms of Tibetan literature, the genre of mgur (songs of spiritual realization) stands out for their startingly and unusually sincere descriptions of inner thoughts, feelings and experiential knowledge. This book is the first commentary in Western literature on the collected mgur of one of the still largely unknown masters, the Tibetan scholar and siddha Skal ldan rgya mtsho (1606-1677). Dr. Sujata convincingly deals with Skal ldan rgya mtsho both as a distinctive figure in religious history and as an author, illustrating her points with numerous translations given alongside the original Tibetan of his Mgur 'bum (Collected Songs of Spiritual Experience). She also provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of his Gsung 'bum (Collected Writings), extensive bibliographies and a discography. With a unique CD containing the author's own recordings of his songs as they are still sung today. |