Spanning more than a millennium, the literature in The Library of Tibetan Classics will eventually encompass thirty-two volumes covering such diverse fields as philosophy, psychology, spiritual practices, and ethics, as well as poetry, linguistics, plays, history, and classical Tibetan medicine. Each translated volume will include an introductory essay, annotation, and a comprehensive glossary. This unprecedented, thirty-two volume series-conceived in appearance and importance to be much like The Harvard Classics Five-Foot Shelf of Books-will be executed in close consultation with senior Tibetan masters from all major schools of the Tibetan tradition, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
For many Tibetans, the phrase “the Kadam masters” evokes a spiritual golden age in Tibet - an image of a community of simple monks devoted to humble...
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