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Tantric Treasures: Three Collections of Mystical Verse from Buddhist India

By Roger R. Jackson

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2004
ISBN
0195166418, 9780195166415, 019516640X, 9780195166408, 9781423720294
Open Library ID
OL3679840M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1972139 bytes)
Pages
182\182
Topic
Religion
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

Roger Jackson provides accurate, accessible translations of three classics of medieval Indian Buddhist mysticism: the ''couplet-treasuries'' of the great tantric masters Saraha, Kanha, and Tilopa. Since their composition around 1000 CE, these poems have exerted a powerful influence on spiritual life, as well as poetry and song, in India, Nepal, and Tibet. Jackson's fresh translations allow the poetry to shine through, capturing the sense and spirit of the poems in the original. Jackson offers a thorough introduction that deftly summarizes the latest scholarship, situating the poems in their historical context and making them accessible not only to scholars but also to students and practitioners.

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