{"product_id":"song-for-the-king-pdf","title":"Song for the King (PDF)","description":"\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: black;\"\u003eSaraha is credited with being the first person to teach Mahamudra meditation which he learned from a female arrow-maker. After realizing Mahamudra, Saraha wrote three treatises on Mahamudra-- the longest being the \u003ci\u003ePeople's Doha\u003c\/i\u003e, the middle length being the \u003ci\u003eQueen's Doha\u003c\/i\u003e, and the shortest being the \u003ci\u003eKing's Doh\u003c\/i\u003ea. Each treatise is entirely different in style and content. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: black;\"\u003eWhat is most amazing about this text which comes from the jungles of India around the 10th century is that it very closely resembles the Mahamudra which taught to this present day. Being an ancient text, the root text is difficult to follow, but Thrangu Rinpoche's verse by verse explanation makes it very accessible to the modern student.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: black;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThrangu Rinpoche has actually taught all three of these spiritual songs or Dohas of Saraha. \u003ci\u003eThe Song for the King\u003c\/i\u003e is a 184 page commentary on the \u003ci\u003eKing's Doha\u003c\/i\u003e that includes a translation of the root text by Michele Martin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: black;\"\u003e\"The oral teaching of Saraha's \u003ci\u003eSong for the King\u003c\/i\u003e by contemporary master Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, so smoothly translated here by Peter O'Hearn, is based on a famous sixteen-century commentary by Karma Trinle. Thrangu Rinpoche's careful analysis helps the reader to savor both the aesthetic richness and contemplative instructions of Saraha's verses. This eloquent work is a welcome contribution to the literature on Sarah's songs in English.\" -–Kurtis Schaeffer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: black;\"\u003eAmazon gives Song for the King 4.7 out of 5.0 stars based on 15 customer reviews.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44340390625416,"sku":null,"price":1.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/SongfortheKingbySarahaCOVER.jpg?v=1759692989","url":"https:\/\/namobuddhapublications.org\/products\/song-for-the-king-pdf","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}