The Superhuman Life Of Gesar Of Ling

Author : Alexandra David-Neel
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 083482924X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling written by Alexandra David-Neel and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Gesar, renowned throughout Tibet and Central Asia, represents the ideal warrior—the principle of all-victorious confidence. As the central force of sanity, he conquers all his enemies, the evil forces of the four directions, who turn people's minds away from the true teachings of Buddhism. These enemies graphically represent the different manifestations of cowardly mind. As Chögyam Trungpa explains in the Foreword: "When we talk here about conquering our enemy, it is important to understand that we are not talking about aggression. The genuine warrior does not become resentful or arrogant . . . It is absolutely necessary for the warrior to subjugate his own ambition to conquer at the same time that he is subjugating his other more obvious enemies. Thus the idea of warriorship altogether is that by facing all our enemies fearlessly, with gentleness and intelligence, we can develop ourselves thereby attaining self-realization." The legends of Gesar usually take weeks for a bard to recount. Filled with magic, adventure, and the triumphs of this great warrior-king, the stories will delight all—young and old alike.

Author : Alexandra David-Néel
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780685019894
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling written by Alexandra David-Néel and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1981-12-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1590308425
Total Pages : 681 pages
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Download or read book The Epic of Gesar of Ling written by and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 681 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gesar of Ling epic is the Tibetan equivalent of The Arabian Nights. For hundreds of years, versions of it have been known in oral and written form in Tibet, China, Central Asia, and across the eastern Silk Route. King Gesar, renowned throughout these areas, represents the ideal warrior. As a leader with his people's loyalty and trust, he conquers all their enemies and protects the peace. His life story, which is full of miracles and magic, is an inspiration and a spiritual example to the people of Tibet and Central Asia even today; Gesar's warrior mask can be seen in the town square and on the door of homes in towns and villages throughout this area. As a Buddhist teaching story, the example of King Gesar is also understood as a spiritual allegory. The "enemies" in the stories represent the emotional and psychological challenges that turn people's minds toward greed, aggression, and envy, and away from the true teachings of Buddhism. These enemies graphically represent the different manifestations of the untamed mind. The teaching is that genuine warriors are not aggressive, but that they subjugate negative emotions in order to put the concerns of others before their own. The ideal of warriorship that Gesar represents is that of a person who, by facing personal challenges with gentleness and intelligence, can attain spiritual realization. This book contains volumes one through three, which tell of Gesar's birth, his mischievous childhood, his youth spent in exile, and his rivalry for the throne with his treacherous uncle. The Gesar epic tells how the king, an enlightened warrior, in order to defend Tibet and the Buddhist religion from the attacks of surrounding demon kings, conquers his enemies one by one in a series of adventures and campaigns that take him all over the Eastern world. He is assisted in his adventures by a cast of heroes and magical characters who include the major deities of Tibetan Buddhism as well as the native religion of Tibet. Gesar fulfills the Silk Route ideal of a king by being both a warrior and a magician. As a magician he combines the powers of an enlightened Buddhist master with those of a shamanic sorcerer. In fact, at times the epic almost seems like a manual to train such a Buddhist warrior-magician. In the story, the people and nation of Ling represent the East Asian notion of an enlightened society. There, meditation, magic, and the oral folk wisdom of a communal nomadic society are synchronized in a lifestyle harmonious with the environment, but ambitious for growth and learning and refined literate culture. Filled with magic, adventure, and the triumphs of this great warrior-king, the stories will delight all—young and old alike. The Gesar epic is still sung by bards in Tibet. The words of the Gesar epic have never been translated into a Western language before.

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Total Pages : 390 pages
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Download or read book The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling written by and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexandra David-Neel
Publisher : Prajna Press
ISBN 13 : 9780877737537
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling written by Alexandra David-Neel and published by Prajna Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Matthew T. Kapstein
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004503463
Total Pages : 366 pages
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Download or read book The Many Faces of King Gesar written by Matthew T. Kapstein and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tibetan Gesar epic has known countless retellings, translations, and academic studies. The Many Faces of Ling Gesar, presents its historical, cultural, and literary aspects for the first time in a single volume for both general readers and specialists.

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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling written by Gesar and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexandra David-Neel
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Total Pages : 296 pages
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Download or read book The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling the Legendary Tibetan Hero written by Alexandra David-Neel and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Madame Alexandra David-Neel
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486119440
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Magic and Mystery in Tibet written by Madame Alexandra David-Neel and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practicing Buddhist and Oriental linguist recounts supernatural events she witnessed in Tibet during the 1920s. Intelligent and witty, she describes the fantastic effects of meditation and shamanic magic — levitation, telepathy, more. 32 photographs.

Author : Chogyam Trungpa
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780834821576
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight written by Chogyam Trungpa and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa brings together in eight volumes the writings of one of the first and most influential and inspirational Tibetan teachers to present Buddhism in the West. Organized by theme, the collection includes full-length books as well as articles, seminar transcripts, poems, plays, and interviews, many of which have never before been available in book form. From memoirs of his escape from Chinese-occupied Tibet to insightful discussions of psychology, mind, and meditation; from original verse and calligraphy to the esoteric lore of tantric Buddhism—the impressive range of Trungpa's vision, talents, and teachings is showcased in this landmark series. Volume Eight covers matters of culture, state, and society. The two complete books reprinted here—Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior and Great Eastern Sun: The Wisdom of Shambhala—explore the vision of an ancient legendary kingdom in Central Asia that is viewed as a model for enlightened society and as the ground of wakefulness and sanity that exists as a potential within every human being. The selected writings include discussions of political consciousness, the martial arts, and the true meaning of warriorship. Two previously unpublished articles are "The Martial Arts and the Art of War," on the place of warriorship in the Buddhist teachings, and "The Seven Treasures of the Universal Monarch," a little gem describing the world of the Shambhala monarch.