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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Masters of Mahamudra: Songs and Histories of the Eighty-Four Buddhist Siddhas

Masters of Mahamudra: Songs and Histories of the Eighty-Four Buddhist Siddhas

Dowman, Keith

Paperback

Series: Suny Buddhist Studies

Biographies GeneralBuddhism

ISBN10: 0887061605
ISBN13: 9780887061608
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Aug 30 1986
Pages: 472
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

In Tibetan Buddhism, Mahamudra represents a perfected level of meditative realization: it is the inseparable union of wisdom and compassion, of emptiness and skillful means. These eighty-four masters, some historical, some archetypal, accomplished this practice in India where they lived between the eighth and twelfth centuries. Leading unconventional lives, the siddhas include some of the greatest Buddhist teachers; Tilopa, Naropa, and Marpa among them. Through many years of study, Keith Dowman has collected and translated their songs of realization and the legends about them. In consultation with contemporary teachers, he gives a commentary on each of the Great Adepts and culls from available resources what we can know of their history.

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