Ebook: Buddha's Lions: The Lives of the Eighty-Four Siddhas (Caturasiti-siddha pravrtti)

These life stories of eighty-four Tantric masters who achieved the highest results of the Vajrayana have inspired generations of practitioners. By relying on a qualified teacher, devoted men and women of different backgrounds: cobblers, princes, blacksmiths, and wood-gatherers, were able to take the everyday experience as the path and reach enlightenment in a single lifetime. Filled with subtle, concise teachings expressed in the poetic songs of realization of the Siddhas. An excellent introduction to the Vajrayana and a good resource for the study of the Tibetan language. Tibetan text, iconographical notes, with 84 detailed line drawings.