Hermit of Go Cliffs: Timeless Instructions from a Tibetan Mystic

By Ko-Brag-Pa

The great Tibetan meditation master Gyalwa Godrakpa (1170-1249) practiced and taught a nonsectarian approach to realization. Hermit of Go Cliffs is the first English translation of The Collected Songs of Godrakpa , presented here with the original Tibetan text and with Cyrus Stearns' comprehensive introduction to Godrakpa's life, legacy, and poetry. Like the songs of Tibet's great saint Milarepa, Godrakpa's songs are uniquely beautiful and accessible: sometimes stern and sharp, sometimes lyrical and filled with allusions to the natural world. These songs express what Godrakpa emphasized in his life - a no-nonsense approach to the practice of meditation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0861711645
• ISBN13: 9780861711642
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Wisdom Publications
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Om mani padme hum!

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An admirable translation of tantric songs

Godrakpa Sonam Gyaltsen was a great Tibetan Buddhist master of the 12th century whose songs were a great influence on the early yogic traditions. In Hermit Of Go Cliffs: Timeless Instructions From A Tibetan Mystic, Cyrus Stearns provides an admirable translation of these tantric songs for the benefit of an English reading public. Hermit Of Go Cliffs is a very welcome and highly appreciated contribution to the growing library of Buddhist literature available to both the student and the non-specialist general reader seeking an appreciation of Tibetan Buddhism.

Enhanced for students of Buddhism

In Hermit Of Go Cliffs: Timeless Instructions From A Tibetan Mystic, Cyrus Stearns draws upon his impressive Tibetan scholarship to translate from the writings of Tibetan masters for the benefit of an English-speaking readership. This particular and remarkable compendium features "The Collected Songs of the Adept Godrakpa Who is Peerless in the Three Realms". The text is enhanced for students of Buddhism with illustrations, an informative introduction, notes on the translation, a bibliography, and an index. Hermit Of Go Cliffs is an invaluable, worthwhile, and much appreciation contribution to the expanding library of Buddhist thought and philosophy now available to western readers.

Valuable!

The Tibetan Culture is fading fast. It is vary wonderful that books like this exist to help spread thsi unique history. The religeous lineage of these people is so strong, nad yet due to chinese oppression is being lsot forever. I suggest this book to anyone involved in asian or religeous studies.