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Splendor of an Autumn Moon, The Devotional Verse of Tsongkhapa
By: Tsongkhapa, Kilty, tr.

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Author: Tsongkhapa
Translator: Kilty, tr.
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 0861711920 / 9780861711925

Product Code: 11051

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The story of the remarkable life of Tsongkhapa has been well documented elsewhere, but this collection of works seeks to bring out a lesser-known side of this great scholar and meditator: the devotional poet. Tsongkhapa studied poetry, as did many of the great masters of his day and after, and in the colophon of many of his works he is referred to as the "Poet of the North."
"Splendor of an Autumn Moon" presents for the first time twenty-one devotional poems by Tsongkhapa, in both the original Tibetan and in artful English translations.

Splendor of an Autumn Moon, Tsongkhapa, Kilty trans., Wisdom Publications, 304 pages, $16.95

Gavin Kilty has worked as a translator and teacher of the Tibetan language since 1970. He teaches Tibetan and English, as well as Mahayana Buddhism, at various colleges in England.

Introduction 1

Praise of the Buddha: The Unrivaled Lion of the Shakyas 9

Prayer to Sarasvati 21

Praise of Manjushri 23

Praise to Amitayus 71

Praise to Amitabha: Gateway to the Highest Buddha Realm 77

Prayer for Birth in Sukhavati, Realm of Bliss 83

Praise of an Unnamed Sakya Lama 97

A Prayer to My Precious Dharma Master, Dragpa Jangchub 103

A Harvest of Powerful Attainment: Prayer for Blessings of the Close Lineage 109

In Praise of Maitreya, the Crown of Brahma 115

In Praise of Vajrapani, Keeper of the Secret Mantra 151

In Praise of the Extraordinary Deity Achala 163

In Praise of Vajra Sarasvati, Light of Wisdom 167

In Praise of Goddess Namgyalma 179

A Prayer for the Beginning, Middle, and End of Practice 193

The Essence of a Human Life: Words of Advice for the Lay Practitioner 209

Dependent Arising: A Praise of the Buddha 217

Verses of Benediction: On Publication of a New Edition of Perfection of Wisdom Sutras 247

Praise of the Protector Dharmaraja 263

Twenty-one Verse Rosary Prayer 269

For As Long As 281

Notes and Comments on the Poems 287

Glossary 299

About the Translator 305

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