Longing to Awaken
Buddhist Devotion in Tibetan Poetry and Song
Lama Jabb author Holly Gayley editor Dominique Townsend editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Virginia Press
Published:30th Jun '24
£25.95
This title is due to be published on 30th June, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
An indispensable collection of Buddhist devotional poems and songs
Longing to Awaken features twenty-two translations of Buddhist devotional poems and songs composed by revered Tibetan masters from diverse traditions and time periods. The anthology invites readers to experience a variety of poetic forms that embody a range of emotions, from grief and longing to skepticism and humor, demonstrating the ways that poetry can inspire faith as well as reflect the profundity and at times fraught nature of the teacher-student relationship. This collection gives weight to literary—not simply literal—translation as a crucial endeavor in the transmission of Buddhism today, one with the potential to raise the profile of Tibetan poetry onto the stage of global literature.
ISBN: 9780813950693
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 32mm
Weight: unknown
288 pages