Tibetan Buddhist Poems of Insight and Awakening
Selected and translated by Thupten Jinpa and Jas'Elsner
This is the first major anthology of Tibetan spiritual poetry to become available in the West. The translators have created an accessible collection geared toward a general audience. In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, poetry has long been one of the primary means of expressing spiritual experience. The splendid poems collected communicate spiritual insight with astonishing grace and precision. 'Songs of Spiritual Experience' will appeal to spiritual seekers and poetry lovers from a variety of backgrounds.
'Songs of Spiritual Experience' includes original translations of fifty-two poems, a lengthy introduction about the role of poetry in Tibetan Buddhism, and a helpful glossary that includes commentary on the poems. The book serves both as an introduction to Tibetan poetry and to Tibetan Buddhist philosophy.
