The Illuminated Life of the Great Yolmowa
By Benjamin Bogin.
Description
Yolmowa Tenzin Norbu - renowned as a tantric adept, teacher, author, and painter - was one of the most fascinating figures of seventeenth-century Tibet, a century of towering Buddhist masters. He is particularly famous for his autobiography. Writing in a direct and candid style marked by profound insight and maverick humor, he explores the challenges of embodying the Buddha's teachings. He accompanied his autobiography with his own full-color illustrations. These extraordinary images are the only known example of a Tibetan visual autobiography. Yolmowa's autobiography is translat...
ISBN(s)
1932476660, 9781932476668
