The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling
By Alexandra David-Neel
By Lama Yongden
Foreword by Chogyam Trungpa
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Prajña Press05/01/2001Pages: 272Size: 9 x 6ISBN: 9781570626227DetailsWe also invite you to visit our Gesar page for a host of resources.
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.RelatedCheck items to add to the cart orAuthor BioAlexandra David-Neel (1868–1969), born in Paris to a socially prominent family, was an acclaimed operatic soprano, political anarchist, religious reformer, intrepid explorer who traveled in Tibet for fourteen years, scholar of Buddhism, and author of more than forty books.Chögyam Trungpa (1940–1987)—meditation master, teacher, and artist—founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and an international association of meditation centers known as Shambhala International. He is the author of numerous books, including Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, and The Myth of Freedom.Selected Reader Reviews