Stallion on a Frozen Lake: Love Songs of the Sixth Dalai Lama [Paperback]

Coleman Barks (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1993

The Sixth Dalai Lama, Rigdzin Tsangyang Gyatso, born in 1683, was a rebel in his own times. His poems reflect not only his meditative lineage but the mystery and mercurial passion of sexual love as well. The songs are modeled on anonymous folk songs, sung in a lilting manner. They treat love problems in uncomplicated images and natural, passionate language. They are creations, which remind the reader of some of the greatest romantic poets.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: Maypop (February 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0961891653
• ISBN-13: 978-0961891657
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,674,552 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #96 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Inspirational & Religious

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5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Heart, February 7, 2008

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This review is from: Stallion on a Frozen Lake: Love Songs of the Sixth Dalai Lama (Paperback)

A series of brief poems of sexual desire, sexual fulfillment, sexual fragrance written by a young rapscallion Dali Lama of years ago, they capture the fun and juice of sex in one trained up to be an idol. Our Sixth Dali Lama dropped out of the monastery just as soon as he could and spread his fine body naked through the land. Every house whose daughter found his favor was proudly painted yellow! These poems celebrate the spirituality of the flesh without the devil. They are just wonderful. Coleman Barks, the principal translator of Rumi into English, has brought these poems into immediate life. Coleman Barks has a touch as though each of his words was a wand. He has brought forth the essential heart of lust like a flower brings forth its stamen, naturally, happily, and beautifully.