Life of Milarepa

<b>The Life of Milarepa</b> is the most beloved story of the Tibetan people amd one of the greatest source books for the contemplative life in all world literature. This biography a true folk 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 profoundly detailed guidebook in the search for consciousness. It presents the quest for spiritual perfection tracing the path of a great sinner who became a great saint. But it is also a powerful and graphic folk tale full of magic disaster feuds deceptions and humor. <p>This definitive translation originally published in 1977 was the first to appear in any Western language in half a century and renders this classic of spiritual literature into a simple modern English that reflects the direct power of the original.</p>