Contains 17 poems by the Dorje Dradul of Mukpo.
The poetry has been printed in portfolio format, unbound sheets gathered in a hardcover case, that facilitates holding the poems individually in one's hands to be read aloud.
Warrior Songs, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Vajradhatu Publicatiobs, 17pp., $20.00
Trungpa was born in Eastern Tibet and recognized as an incarnation of the Trungpa line at an early date. He studied with, among others, one of the reincarnations of the Jamgyon Kongtrul who wrote the most famous commentary on the Seven Points. In 1959 he fled to India in the wake of the Communist takeover in Tibet, courageously leading many of his people to safety (this period is described in his book Born in Tibet.) He came to England in the mid-sixties to study at Oxford, learned English, started to teach, and started one of the first Tibetan Buddhist centers in the West. He later dropped his monastic vows, married, and moved to America where he continued his teaching. He founded the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, a large and highly respected Buddhist universit
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