Inner Traditions Bear And Company
Inner Traditions Bear And Company - Legends Of The Mahasiddhas Lives Of The Tantric Masters - Paperback
Inner Traditions Bear And Company - Legends Of The Mahasiddhas Lives Of The Tantric Masters - Paperback
Books
Regular price
$20.29 USD
Regular price
Sale price
$20.29 USD
Unit price
per
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Couldn't load pickup availability
Binding: Paperback
Description: Offering a modern translation of " The Legends of the Eighty - four Mahasiddhas " a 12th - century Tibetan text translator Keith Dowman shares stories of the spiritual adventurers rebellious saints and enlightened tantric masters of ancient India known as "siddhas." He shows how the mahasiddhas arose from the grassroots of society and represented an entire spectrum of human experience. Counted among the greatest of the siddhas are a washerman a cowboy a thief a conman a gambler and a whore all extraordinary men and women who attained the goal of their meditations as well as enlightenment and magical powers by disregarding convention and penetrating to the core of life. Recounting the magical and "crazy" deeds of the mahasiddhas such as walking through walls flying talking with birds and turning people to stone Dowman reveals the human qualities of the tantric masters and the vital elements of the siddhas philosophy of nonduality and emptiness. Richly illustrated with paintings of the tantric saints by artist Robert Beer these stories of the mahasiddhas show us a way through human suffering into a spontaneous and free state of oneness with the divine.
Title: Legends Of The Mahasiddhas Lives Of The Tantric Masters
Brand: Inner Traditions Bear And Company
Barcode: 9781620553657
Pages: 256 Pages, Includes 30 Color Plates And 26 B&W Illustrations
Publication Date: 9/6/2014
Category: Mind, Body, Spirit: Thought & Practice
Description: Offering a modern translation of " The Legends of the Eighty - four Mahasiddhas " a 12th - century Tibetan text translator Keith Dowman shares stories of the spiritual adventurers rebellious saints and enlightened tantric masters of ancient India known as "siddhas." He shows how the mahasiddhas arose from the grassroots of society and represented an entire spectrum of human experience. Counted among the greatest of the siddhas are a washerman a cowboy a thief a conman a gambler and a whore all extraordinary men and women who attained the goal of their meditations as well as enlightenment and magical powers by disregarding convention and penetrating to the core of life. Recounting the magical and "crazy" deeds of the mahasiddhas such as walking through walls flying talking with birds and turning people to stone Dowman reveals the human qualities of the tantric masters and the vital elements of the siddhas philosophy of nonduality and emptiness. Richly illustrated with paintings of the tantric saints by artist Robert Beer these stories of the mahasiddhas show us a way through human suffering into a spontaneous and free state of oneness with the divine.
Title: Legends Of The Mahasiddhas Lives Of The Tantric Masters
Brand: Inner Traditions Bear And Company
Barcode: 9781620553657
Pages: 256 Pages, Includes 30 Color Plates And 26 B&W Illustrations
Publication Date: 9/6/2014
Category: Mind, Body, Spirit: Thought & Practice
