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Emaho! ("How marvelous!"),
This review is from: The Life of Shabkar: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Yogin (Paperback)
This is the splendid autobiography of Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangrol (1781-1851), a yogi who wandered far and wide expressing his realization, as a fully accomplished adept of the Great Completion (Dzogchen).
From the Foreword by HH the Dalai Lama: "Regarded by many as the greatest yogi after Milarepa to gain enlightenment in one lifetime (...) as source of inspiration to Buddhist practitioners and general readers alike." HH Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche: "As one reads it, one's mind cannot resist being turned toward the Dharma." This autobiography is full of humor, wit and playful joy, intense self-discipline as well as magnificant flights of imagination. An accessible book full of telling stories, a must-read, must-own for those interested. "Man - If you have any self-respect, A heart in your chest, Brains in your head, and Some sympathy for yourself, Regret your past actions and Improve your whole behavior. It's time! It's very late! - Shabkar
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Marvelous !,
By Thomas Roth (Germany) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Life of Shabkar: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Yogin (S U N Y Series in Buddhist Studies) (Hardcover)
Matthieu Ricard has created a work of art. Remaining true to the poetic beauty of the Tibetan original he has for the first time presented this important work to the west. Also, his notes and appendixes on historical and buddhist backgrounds are invaluable. For the first time the reader is presented with the life of a Tibetan saint and his lineage formerly largely unknown among western students of Tibetan buddhism. A tuely inspiring page-turner !
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One of the master works of Tibetan religious heritage,
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This review is from: The Life of Shabkar: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Yogin (Paperback)
Considered as one of the master works of Tibetan religious heritage.
For people who have a connection with Tibetan Buddhism this book is a true treasure. And, dear vegetarians, you are right :-), many Tibetan Buddhists might prefer to ignore the fact, but Shabkar as a non sectarian Tibetan yogi gave up eating meat for the rest of his live when he was 27 years based on his sincere conviction that a Buddhist - at a certain stage - should gave up "the negative act of eating the flesh of beings" (p.232). See also his book Food of Bodhisattvas: Buddhist Teachings on Abstaining from Meat, ISBN 1590301161.
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- Food of Bodhisattvas: Buddhist Teachings on Abstaining from Meat by Shabkar in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Dakini's Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism by Judith Simmer-Brown in Back Matter
- The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism: Conversion, Contestation, and Memory by Matthew T. Kapstein in Back Matter
- Luminous Lives: The Story of the Early Masters of the Lam'bras in Tibet (Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism) by Cyrus Stearns in Back Matter
- Into the Jaws of Yama, Lord of Death: Buddhism, Bioethics, And Death by Karma Lekshe Tsomo in Back Matter
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