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Songs of Love, Poems of Sadness; Sixth Dalai Lama,
By: Paul Williams, tr.

Songs of Love, Poems of Sadness Sixth Dalai Lama


 
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Author: Sixth Dalai Lama
Translator: Paul Williams
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781850434795


Product Code: 13358
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The Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso (1683-1706), refused to take full monastic vows, returned the vows that he had already taken, and loved alcohol, archery, and women with a passion that perhaps suggests he had a premonition of his early death at the age of twenty-four. He also wrote a remarkable collection of love poetry. In this book, the author offers a completely new translation of the erotic poems attributed to the Sixth Dalai Lama. With hints on how to read the verses, as well as explanations of obscure points or allusions, the author makes this extraordinary Dalai Lama and his verses accessible to those with no background in the study of Buddhism or Tibet. This first translation to be based on the latest critical edition will be of great interest to those eager to learn more about Eastern religion and spirituality.

Songs of Love, Poems of Sadness; The Erotic Verse of the Sixth Dalai Lama, Paul Wlliams, I.B.Tauris, Hardcover, 2005, 200 Pages, $26.95

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