Synopses & Reviews
For inspiration, Buddhists turn to the life stories of how the great masters of their lineage struggled with their circumstances and achieved enlightenment. This important and very readable volume tells the extraordinary tales of the greatest teachers of the Kagyu the lineage with the widest following in the U.S.
Synopsis
This text of the Kagyu tradition profiles its forefathers: Vajradhara, the Buddha, Tilopa, Naropa, the Four Great Dharma Kings of Tibet, Marpa, Milarepa, Atisha, Gampopa, Phagmodrupa, Jigten Sumg n, and others.
This work was compiled by Dorje Dze d, a great master of the Drikung lineage active in the Mount Kailash region of Western Tibet.