Timeless Rapture

Inspired Verse of the Shangpa Masters

By Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye
Edited by Ngawang Zangpo
Translated by Ngawang Zangpo

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Snow Lion
11/05/2003
Pages: 416
Size: 6 x 9
ISBN: 9781559392044
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Throughout history awakened ones have celebrated the rapture of mystical states with inspired verse sung extemporaneously. This book offers a rare glimpse into the mysticism of the Shangpa Kagyu lineage a tradition based mainly on the profound teaching of two women. This compendium of spontaneous verse sung by tantric Buddhist masters from the tenth century to the present includes translations as well as short descriptions of each poet's life and a historical overview of the lineage.