Timeless Rapture: Inspired Verse of the Shangpa Masters by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, edited and translated by Ngawang Zangpo Vajrakilaya and Margaret Wheatley

and Margaret Wheatley

comprises oral instructions of Padmasambhava

frustrations

Pages: 687

and what kind of realization they gained

Timeless Rapture: Inspired Verse of the Shangpa Masters by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, edited and translated by Ngawang Zangpo Vajrakilaya and Margaret WheatleyThroughout history awakened ones have celebrated the rapture of mystical states with inspired verse sung extemporaneously. This book offers a rare glimpse into the mysticism of the Shangpa Kagyu lineage a tradition based mainly on the profound teaching of two women. This compendium of spontaneous verse sung by tantric Buddhist masters from the tenth century to the present includes translations as well as short descriptions of each poet's life and a