Legends of the Mahasiddhas : Lives of the Tantric Masters Paperback / softback
Illustrated by Robert Beer
Paperback / softback
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Offering a modern translation of "The Legends of the Eighty-four Mahasiddhas," a 12th-century Tibetan text, translator Keith Dowman shares stories of the spiritual adventurers, rebellious saints, and enlightened tantric masters of ancient India known as "siddhas." He shows how the mahasiddhas arose from the grassroots of society and represented an entire spectrum of human experience.
Counted among the greatest of the siddhas are a washerman, a cowboy, a thief, a conman, a gambler, and a whore, all extraordinary men and women who attained the goal of their meditations, as well as enlightenment and magical powers, by disregarding convention and penetrating to the core of life.
Recounting the magical and "crazy" deeds of the mahasiddhas, such as walking through walls, flying, talking with birds, and turning people to stone, Dowman reveals the human qualities of the tantric masters and the vital elements of the siddhas' philosophy of nonduality and emptiness.
Richly illustrated with paintings of the tantric saints by artist Robert Beer, these stories of the mahasiddhas show us a way through human suffering into a spontaneous and free state of oneness with the divine.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages, Includes 30 color plates and 26 b&w illustrations
- Publisher:Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Publication Date:09/10/2014
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- ISBN:9781620553657
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages, Includes 30 color plates and 26 b&w illustrations
- Publisher:Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Publication Date:09/10/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9781620553657
