Milarepa Sings Again: Tsangnyön Heruka’s ‘Songs with Parting Instructions’
mGur (pronounced gur) denotes a specific type of religious poetry that has played an important role in the expression and transmission of Buddhism across the Tibetan cultural world. The term mgur is usually translated as ‘song’ and it has been used to refer to a wide variety of oral and literary creations.
In Praise of Tso Pema
Single embodiment of all the buddhas’ compassion, Lotus King, chief of all sky-faring ḍākas and ḍākinīs, Miraculously born nirmāṇakāya, untainted by a womb — To this great eternal bearer of the lotus, I bow down!
The Travels and Poems of Matsuo Bashō
Bashō was a sensitive poet whose values were firmly founded in Buddhist, Confucian, and Daoist thought. Bashō, although having seriously studied Zen, was never a monk belonging to a monastery, but he often dressed as a priest and often stayed at temples and shrines.
Book of Verses of Elder Bhikkhunis: A Contemporary Translation of the Therīgāthāpāḷi
In this book, both Pāli originals and English translations are provided so it’s appropriate for those who want to learn Pāli or just read the translations. A full Pāli-English Glossary, detailed Endnotes, and other indices will help the interested reader to learn more about the elder bhikkhunis, their circumstances, and their efforts.
“My soul would sing of metamorphoses.
But since, o gods, you were the source of these
bodies becoming other bodies, breathe
your breath into my book of changes: may
the song I sing be seamless as its way
weaves from the world's beginning to our day.”
- Ovid, Metamorphoses
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