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A new translation of the classic biography of the most renowned saint in Tibetan Buddhist history
The Life of Milarepa is one of the most beloved stories of the Tibetan people and a great literary example of the contemplative life. This biography, a dramatic tale from a culture now in crisis, can be read on several levels. A personal and moving introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, it is also a detailed guide to the search for liberation. It presents a quest for purification and buddhahood in a single lifetime, tracing the path of a great sinner who became a great saint. It is also a powerfully evocative narrative, full of magic, miracles, suspense, and humor, while reflecting the religious and social life of medieval Tibet.
The Life of Milarepa is one of the most beloved stories of the Tibetan people and a great literary example of the contemplative life. This biography, a dramatic tale from a culture now in crisis, can be read on several levels. A personal and moving introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, it is also a detailed guide to the search for liberation. It presents a quest for purification and buddhahood in a single lifetime, tracing the path of a great sinner who became a great saint. It is also a powerfully evocative narrative, full of magic, miracles, suspense, and humor, while reflecting the religious and social life of medieval Tibet.
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Tsangnyn Heruka (Gtsang smyon Heruka, 1452-1507), the self- proclaimed "madman of Central Tibet," was both an iconoclastic tantric master and a celebrated author, best known for his versions of The Life of Milarepa and The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa. Andrew Quintman is an assistant professor of religious studies at Yale. He served as the academic director of the School of International Training's Tibetan studies program based in Katmandu for seven years. Donald S. Lopez, Jr., specializes in late Indian Mahayana Buddhism and in Tibetan Buddhism. He is Arthur E. Link Distinguished Professor and department chair at the University of Michigan, and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000.
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3 人中、3人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
A Good New Translation
2011/10/22
形式:ペーパーバック|Amazonが確認した購入
This is the second translation I have read of this work. The first one kept more of a Tibetan flavor by including technical words and explaining them in end notes.
This translator seems quite adept at keeping notes to a minimum and enabling me to read the book as a continuous text without constantly going to end notes. That means that the narrative flows more naturally and the story stands out more clearly from the mechanics of explaining Tibetan culture.
Still, it's an exotic story full of twists and turns. Milarepa, its hero, twice steals from his guru and lies to him. And he doesn't finish the task that his guru sets for him and he runs away. Nevertheless the author says that Mila has complied perfectly with his guru's instructions. This is the kind of ambiguity I expect of a genuine document of this type and I enjoy the "straight" efforts to normalize it into some kind of psychic univocality. It has many meanings and my lama, for one, selects one meaning as if it was the only one. Buddhism, among other things, is radical relativism. It is interesting to see the many attempts to narrow its vast scope into one message. This book is a reminder of the interpreter's task. Our job is to revel in the richness of literature, its ambiguity, its incompleteness, and its changing nature.
This translator seems quite adept at keeping notes to a minimum and enabling me to read the book as a continuous text without constantly going to end notes. That means that the narrative flows more naturally and the story stands out more clearly from the mechanics of explaining Tibetan culture.
Still, it's an exotic story full of twists and turns. Milarepa, its hero, twice steals from his guru and lies to him. And he doesn't finish the task that his guru sets for him and he runs away. Nevertheless the author says that Mila has complied perfectly with his guru's instructions. This is the kind of ambiguity I expect of a genuine document of this type and I enjoy the "straight" efforts to normalize it into some kind of psychic univocality. It has many meanings and my lama, for one, selects one meaning as if it was the only one. Buddhism, among other things, is radical relativism. It is interesting to see the many attempts to narrow its vast scope into one message. This book is a reminder of the interpreter's task. Our job is to revel in the richness of literature, its ambiguity, its incompleteness, and its changing nature.
6 人中、2人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
The Life of Milarepa
2011/2/13
形式:ペーパーバック|Amazonが確認した購入
Very good translation, even for a beginner! Makes one listen and look within one's self. Do the means justify the end? The answer is different for everyone. Great story!
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