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Tibetan Book of Everyday Wisdom: A Thousand Years of Sage Advice
By: Beth Newman, Thupten Jinpa

Tibetan Book of Everyday Wisdom: A Thousand Years of Sage Advice


 
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Author: Beth Newman, Thupten Jinpa
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780861714667
Publication Date: April 2018


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While most Tibetan literature focuses on the Buddhist path, wise sayings literature has traditionally been a centerpiece of secular education in Tibet and in the cultivation of social mores and an honorable way of life. Drawing inspiration from classical Indian literature on human virtue and governance (nitisastra), including the folktales in the Pancatantra, the authors of these Tibetan works strove to educate young minds in the ways of the civilized world, especially by distinguishing the conduct of the wise from that of the foolish.

This anthology includes some of the best-loved classics of Tibetan literature, such as Sakya Pandita's Jewel Treasury of Wise Sayings, Panchen S�nam Drakpa's Ganden Wise Sayings, and Gungthang's Treatise on Trees and Treatise on Water. The final work is the intriguing Kache Phalu's Advice. Ostensibly written by a wise Tibetan Muslim, this versified text enjoys great popularity within Tibetan-speaking communities, such that many Tibetans are able to recite at least a few verses from memory.

Tibetan Book of Everyday Wisdom: A Thousand Years of Sage Advice, Beth Newman, Thupten Jinpa, Wisdom Publications, Hardcover, 544 pp, $59.95

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