1 st Karmapa Spiritual Songs and Teachings (PDF)

Tony Duff has translated and collected the spiritual songs of the 1st Karmapa which he presents in this book.

“This is a small book of the songs and teachings of the first Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa [1110-1193]. Dusum Khyenpa

was a great yogin who studied under Gampopa and attained to great realization. Some years after his death, he was recognized as the first incarnation of the Karma pas who were then heads of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.”

 “All the teachings here are taken from the Collected Works of Dusum Khyenpa which are very rare and striking given that he is one of the very important early figures of the Kagyu Lineage. My committee recently obtained a copy and has rescued it from near extinction.”