The Play of Mahamudra: Spontaneous Teachings on Virupa's Mystical Songs by Tseten, Migmar

Essential commentary on the spontaneous mystical songs of the Indian Buddhist rebel-saint Virupa.

In this collection, renowned Tibetan Buddhist teacher Lama Migmar Tseten provides essential commentary on the mystical songs of the Indian Buddhist rebel-saint Virupa. One of the most celebrated tantric masters of Buddhist India, Virupa's songs describe his realization of mahamudra, the ultimate nature of reality. Intimate and highly engaging, The Play of Mahamudra unpacks these songs with meticulous clarity, making Virupa's insights accessible to modern readers.

"This new collected edition of Khenpo Migmar Tseten's Play of Mahamudra volumes constitutes a veritable treasure for all who are deeply engaged on the path to enlightenment. Khenpo Migmar's translation of Mahasiddha Virupa's Treasury of Dohas and of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo's Praise to Virupa makes us intimately familiar with the essence of these root texts, and his elucidation of the Dohas offers us a deep and clear understanding of their core meaning. Anyone who truly contemplates on Mahasiddha Virupa's words is certain to attain realization."
--His Holiness the Sakya Trichen

Author: Migmar Tseten
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Published: 05/25/2021
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781614297031

About the Author
Lama Migmar Tseten has served as Buddhist chaplain at Harvard University since 1997. He received both a traditional and a contemporary education in India, graduating from the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies at Sanskrit University in Varanasi. He served as the head of the Sakya Center in Rajpur, India, and the Sakya Monastery in Puruwalla. Lama Migmar has supervised the editing and publication of more than fifty rare volumes of Sakya literature and is the author of many books, including Play of Mahamudra. As the founder of the Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lama Migmar leads retreats throughout North America and Europe.