Luminous Lives: The Story of the Early Masters of the Lam 'Bras Tradition in Tibet by Stearns, Cyrus

Luminous Lives: The Story of the Early Masters of the Lam 'Bras Tradition in Tibet (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780861713073)

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Luminous Lives: The Story of the Early Masters of the Lam 'Bras Tradition in Tibet by Stearns, Cyrus

Luminous Lives: The Story of the Early Masters of the Lam 'Bras Tradition in Tibet

$34.95
Luminous Lives: The Story of the Early Masters of the Lam 'Bras Tradition in Tibet by Stearns, Cyrus

Luminous Lives: The Story of the Early Masters of the Lam 'Bras Tradition in Tibet

$34.95
Format: Paperback
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The tantric Buddhist tradition of the Lam 'bras, the "Path with the Result," has been practiced in Tibet for almost a thousand years, most prominently within the Sakya lineage. Luminous Lives is the first in-depth study of the literature and history of the Lam 'bras in Tibet. The central focus of the work is a rare Tibetan history that brings alive the story of the earliest men and women practitioners of the Lam 'bras. This text, recording the words of the great Sakya Pandita (1182 - 1251), was a major source for all later histories of the tradition. Recently rediscovered, it has been reproduced here along with Cyrus Stearns' excellent translation, introduction, and annotations. Luminous Lives opens a window into the world of one of the great traditions of tantric Buddhism in Tibet.

Author: Cyrus Stearns
ISBN-10: 0861713079
ISBN-13: 9780861713073
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Language: English
Published: 11/09/1996
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.03w x 0.70d
By Cyrus Stearns
By Cyrus Stearns
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Cyrus Stearns has been a student of Tibetan Buddhism since 1973. His main teachers have been Dezhung Tulku Rinpoché, Chogyé Trichen Rinpoché, and Dilgo Khyentsé Rinpoché. He received a PhD in Buddhist studies from the University of Washington and has published several books about the Lamdré tradition and other topics. He is an independent scholar and translator living in the woods on Whidbey Island, north of Seattle, Washington.

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