Wondrous Ocean of Eloquence: Histories of the Taklung Kagyu Tradition - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gyurme Dorje (Translator), Taklungpa Ngawang Namgyel, Jane Casey (Contribution by)Publish date:5/20/2025Pages:1064
Language:EnglishPublisher:Snow Lion PublicationsISBN-13:9781559395069ISBN-10:1559395060UPC:9781559395069Book Category:Religion, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Buddhism, ReligiousBook Topic:TibetanSize:9.13 x 6.46 x 2.60 inchesWeight:3.4326Product ID:SCJA7J680K
Wondrous Ocean of Eloquence: Histories of the Taklung Kagyu Tradition
A comprehensive history of the Taklung Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, composed in the seventeenth century, and includes glossy color images of recently discovered twelfth-century portraits and inscriptions. This is the first ever English translation of a multilayered and comprehensive historiographical volume on the political, artistic, architectural, biographical, and mystical dimensions...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Snow Lion PublicationsISBN-13:9781559395069ISBN-10:1559395060UPC:9781559395069Book Category:Religion, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Buddhism, ReligiousBook Topic:TibetanSize:9.13 x 6.46 x 2.60 inchesWeight:3.4326Product ID:SCJA7J680K
TAKLUNGPA NGAWANG NAMGYEL (1571-1626), was a monk, abbot, scholar, and historian. He was the seventeenth throneholder in the abbatial succession of Taklung Monastery in Tsang, Tibet. GYURME DORJE (1950-2020) was a Scottish Tibetologist and translator. He completed an MA in Sanskrit with Oriental Studies (Edinburgh) and a PhD in Tibetan Literature (SOAS, London). From 1991 to 1996, he held...
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