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The Age of Waiting by Douglas J. Penick is a personal memoir enriched by the history of Buddhism and a re-telling of foundational Buddhist tales. Penick confronts not only his own mortality, but also that of the planet. This eloquent, impassioned investigation links our contemporary reality - with its medical, economic, and ecological emergencies - to an inner landscape which may prove more constant, durable, and transformative than we realize...

Het bijna duizend jaar oude epos over het leven van de verlichte krijger-wijsgeer Gesar, koning van Ling, is een van de laatste 'levende' heldendichten en geniet alom bekendheid in de boeddhistische culturen van Centraal-Azië. Door de eeuwen heen hebben barden met visionair vermogen het gezongen, een traditie die nog altijd springlevend is. In deze moderne vertolking van Douglas Penick lezen we hoe koning Gesar ten strijde trekt tegen 'de vij...

The Gesar epic encompasses a vast range of ancient Central Asian cultural and spiritual traditions. As its center, Gesar, King of Ling, battles tirelessly in a world riven by greed, confusion, fear, and religious ambition to open pathways to an enlightened society. "The Warrior Song of King Gesar" follows the unbroken heritage of that warrior tradition and presents the saga of Gesar's life, from the hardships of his youth through his great bat...

Crossings On A Bridge of Light" is the first English rendition of a vibrant and pivotal episode in the Gesar of Ling epic. In this story, Gesar, King of Ling, moves between life and death to free his mother from the bonds of hell. He traverses the six realms of being and passes through the five traditional states (bardos). His journey reaches its apex in four visions of the enlightened rulers of the Kingdom of Shambhala. Gesar's inner journey,...