"These are extraordinary, riveting tales. . . a book of high merit and high adventure, a marvel of inspired creation. . . stories through whose cosmic transparency shines the illimitable Buddha-nature."
"Robert Beer is a master. His own story of being rescued by Tibetan art is almost as amazing as the stories of the Mahasiddhas."
"These are extraordinary, riveting tales. . . a book of high merit and high adventure, a marvel of inspired creation. . . stories through whose cosmic transparency shines the illimitable Buddha-nature."
"Robert Beer is a master. His own story of being rescued by Tibetan art is almost as amazing as the stories of the Mahasiddhas."
Keith Dowman has been involved in the arena of Buddhism for more than forty years, living and raising a family in India and Nepal and in Tibetan refugee society. He received lay ordination in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism and is the author of more than a dozen books on Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism, including Flight of the Garuda, Sky Dancer, and Original Perfection.Robert Beer was born in Wales in 1947 and now lives in Oxford, England. He first became interested in Tibetan art in the late 1960s and has since spent more than forty years depicting and studying the iconography and symbolism of Vajrayana Buddhism. In recent years he has been actively involved with some of the finest contemporary Newar artists of the Kathmandu Valley and has assembled a unique collection of their work. Apart from his continuing work with Indo-Tibetan iconography, he is also deeply involved in researching all aspects of the afterlife, especially the enhanced consciousness and transformations related to the near-death experience. His illustrations have been widely published and pirated, and he is the author and illustrator of The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs and The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols.
These beautifully illustrated stories reveal a way through human suffering into a free state of oneness with the divine, by the example of the Mahasiddhas--extraordinary men and women who attained enlightenment and magical powers.Keith Dowman has spent 30 years traveling widely in India and Nepaland is an initiate of the Nyingmapa school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is theauthor of
The Divine Madmanand
Power Places of Kathmandu.Robert Beer studied Tibetan thangka painting in India and Nepal with Khamtrul Rinpoche, the greatest living thangka painter of his time, and with Jampa-la, the state painter of Tibet. He currently lives with his family in Oxford.
Buddhist Masters of Enchantment
The Lives and Legends of the Mahasiddhas
Autobiographical Note by the Illustratorandnbsp;
Introductionandnbsp;
The Mahasiddhasandnbsp;
Minapa, The Bengali Jonah
Luipa, The Fish-Gut Eaterandnbsp;
Virupa, Master of Dakinisandnbsp;
Dombipa, The Tiger Riderandnbsp;
Saraha, The Great Brahminandnbsp;
Lilapa, The Royal Hedonistandnbsp;
Savaripa, The Hunterandnbsp;
Goraksa, The Immortal Cowherdandnbsp;
Tantipa, The Senile Weaverandnbsp;
Khadgapa, The Master Thiefandnbsp;
Caurangipa, The Limbless Oneandnbsp;
Kankaripa, The Lovelorn Widowerandnbsp;
Aryadeva, The Lotus-Bornandnbsp;
Nagarjuna, Philosopher and Alchemistandnbsp;
Vinapa, The Music Loverandnbsp;
Thaganapa, Master of the Lieandnbsp;
Camaripa, The Divine Cobblerandnbsp;
Syalipa, The Jackal Yoginandnbsp;
Naropa, The Dauntless Discipleandnbsp;
Tilopa, The Great Renunciateandnbsp;
Santipa, The Academicandnbsp;
Mekopa, The Wild-Eyed Guruandnbsp;
Kambala, The Yogin of the Black Blanketandnbsp;
Vyalipa, The Courtesan's Alchemistandnbsp;
Tantepa, The Gamblerandnbsp;
Kukkuripa, The Dog Loverandnbsp;
Kanhapa, The Dark-Skinned Oneandnbsp;
Acinta, The Avaricious Hermitandnbsp;
Bhadrapa, The Snobandnbsp;
Kalapa, The Handsome Madmanandnbsp;
Bhusuku (Santideva), The Lazy Monkandnbsp;
Kotalipa, The Peasant Guruandnbsp;
Indrabhuti, The Enlightened Kingandnbsp;
Jalandhara, The Chosen Oneandnbsp;
Bhiksanapa, Siddha Two-Teethandnbsp;
Ghantapa, The Celibate Monkandnbsp;
Campaka, The Flower Kingandnbsp;
Kumbharipa, the Potterandnbsp;
Godhuripa, The Bird Catcherandnbsp;
Kapalapa, The Skull Bearerandnbsp;
Carbaripa (Carpati), The Sidda Who Turned People to Stoneandnbsp;
Kantalipa, The Rag Pickerandnbsp;
Jayananda,The Crow Masterandnbsp;
Dhilipa, The Epicureandnbsp;
Darikapa, Slave-King of the Temple Whoreandnbsp;
Udhipipa, The Flying Siddhaandnbsp;
Laksminkara, The Mad Princessandnbsp;
Nirgunapa, The Enlightened Moronandnbsp;
Mekhala and Kanakhala, The Headless Sistersandnbsp;
Kirapalapa (Kilapa), The Repentant Conquerorandnbsp;
Nagabodhi, The Red Horned Thiefandnbsp;
Saravabhaksa, The Empty-Bellied Siddhaandnbsp;
Manibhadra, The Model Wifeandnbsp;
Saroruha, The Lotus Child
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