The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa av Tsangnyoen Heruka

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<b>An authoritative new translation of the complete <i>Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa</i>, the teaching songs and stories from Tibet''s most beloved Buddhist yogi, poet, and saint.</b><br><br><br>Powerful and deeply inspiring, there is no book more beloved by Tibetans than <i>The Hundred Thousand Songs</i>, and no figure more revered than Milarepa, the great eleventh-century poet and saint. An ordinary man who, through sheer force of effort, faith, and perseverance, overcame nearly insurmountable obstacles on the spiritual path to achieve enlightenment in a single lifetime, he stands as an exemplar of what it is to lead a spiritual life.  <br><br>Milarepa, a cotton-clad yogi, wandered and taught the dharma, most famously through spontaneously composed songs, a colorful and down-to-earth way to convey the immediacy and depth of the Buddhist teachings. In this work, the songs are woven into a narrative that tells the stories of his most famous encounters with his students,