In the Forest of Faded Wisdom
104 Poems by Gendun Chopel: A Bilingual Edition
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| Author(s) : Gendun Chopel and translated by Donald Lopez |
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| ISBN : 0226104524 | | EAN : 9780226104522 | | Cover : Hardback | | Pages : 192 | | Size : 236 x 160mm | | Publisher : Chicago Univ Press | | Published : 2009 |
Category : Poetry: Buddhist
Category 2 : Tibetan Buddhism: General
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Synopsis:
In a culture where poetry is considered the highest form of human language, Gendun Chopel is revered as Tibet's greatest modern poet. A brilliant but highly controversial figure, these poems exhibit the technical skill for which Gendun Chopel was known and reveal the poet to be a consumate craftsman, skilled in both Tibetan and Indian poetics. A master of many forms of Tibetan verse, Gendun Chopel composed heartfelt hymns to the Buddha, pithy instructions for the practice of the Dharma, stirring tributes to the Tibetan warrior kings, cynical reflections on the ways of the world, and laments of a wanderer, forgotten in a foreign land.
Gendun Chopel wrote poetry that conveyed the events of his remarkable life. Born in 1903 he was identified at an early age as a tulku, or high reincarnate Lama, and became a Buddhist monk, excelling in the Gelugpa debating courtyards of the great monasteries of Tibet. At the age of 31, he set off for India, where he would wander, often alone and impoverished, for over a decade. Returning to Tibet, he was arrested on trumped up charges of treason and emerged from prison three years later a broken man. Politically and religiously controversial - he is famous for his Tibetan Arts of Love (work on the Indian erotic epic Karma Sutra).He is also renowned for his eclectic views and his "Madman's Middle Way" critical work based on Nagarjuna's philosophy, but he is nonetheless highly regarded as a great original thinker.
In English translation next to the Tibetan text.
"Gendun Chopel is one of the most important Tibetan intellectuals of the twentieth century. In bringing together Gendun Chopel's poetry in translation, In the Forest of Faded Wisdom is an important contribution to the study of Asian literary arts in general and to Tibetan studies in particular." Jose Cabezon.
"If at the time of Gendun Chopel, The Tibetan people and the Tibetan government had lent even half and ear to him and acted accordingly, I have no doubt that Tibet and the Tibetan people would be in a different position than they are today. A better one. It is quite amzing that out of Tibet, which is usually considered a primitive, orthodox, forbidden land, someone like Gendun Chopel emerged. His remarkable poetry is a fitting legacy of this unique figure in modern Tibetan history." Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. |
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