Paperback. Black title and seated oriental figure on the brown cover. Dimensions are for one volume.

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• These are extraordinary Dharma books. Their production involves two equally extraordinary spiritual beings – Garma CC Chang (1920-1988), and Jetsun Milarepa (1052-1135). Remarkably, Garma Chang – the son of a Chinese general, travelled to old Tibet at just 16 years of age and spent around 8 years in Buddhist study under Tibetan lamas. Following his family’s retreat to Taiwan in the wake of the Communist victory on the Mainland of China, Chang eventually settled in the USA, and became the professor of Eastern Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University.
• This book is the English translation of the Tibetan book entitled the ‘Mila Grubum’. This term translates literally as ‘Milarepa’s Hundred Thousand Songs’. Milarepa was the student of Marpa – a Tibetan man who had travelled to India to study Dharma. These highly spiritualised beings became known as ‘mahasiddhi’, or ‘those who possess great spiritual powers’. This work is a collection of the spiritual utterances of the enlightened Milarepa. They are recorded in ‘poem’ format, with each poem presented within the narrative of a short story. These books contain the translation of the entire 61 poems of the Mila Grubum – the number ‘one hundred thousand’ merely refers to the concept of a ‘large number’, in the Tibetan language. 
• Chang is of the opinion that Milarepa, and his tradition has been one of the most effective Buddhist lineages, and has been able to assist countless beings in their spiritual development. Indeed, Chang compares Milarepa to the famous 6th Patriarch of the Chinese Ch’an school, namely Hui Neng. This is an important observation for the discerning reader to take into account. Milarepa’s startling insight can free the Mind in an unexpected manner. Chang’s translation is reliable and retains the impact of the original Tibetan source. A book of true spiritual greatness, and a translation of a superb academic standard.