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'''Saraha''' ([[Wyl.]] ''mda' 'dzin'') - one of the greatest Indian [[mahasiddha]]s famous for his songs of realization (Skt. ''dohā''). He was also one of [[Nagarjuna]]'s teachers.
'''Saraha''' ([[Wyl.]] ''mda' bsnun'') - one of the greatest Indian [[mahasiddha]]s famous for his songs of realization (Skt. ''dohā''). He was also one of [[Nagarjuna]]'s teachers. In iconography he is depicted holding an arrow. According to tradition, his dohas are divided into three cycles: the King Dohas, Queen Dohas and People Dohas.
 
==Writings==
*Treasury of Songs (Skt. ''Dohākoṣa'')


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
*Abhayadatta, ''Buddha's Lions: Lives of the Eighty-four Siddhas'', Emeryville, Dharma Publishing, 1979
*H.V. Guenther, ''Ecstatic Spontaneity: Saraha's Three Cycles of Doha'' (includes translations of the King, Queen and People Dohas)
*H.V. Guenther, ''The Royal Song of Saraha'', Berkeley: Shambhala, 1973
*Kurtis R. Schaeffer, ''Dreaming the Great Brahmin: Tibetan Traditions of the Buddhist Poet-Saint Saraha'', Oxford University Press, 2005  
*Kurtis R. Schaeffer, ''Dreaming the Great Brahmin: Tibetan Traditions of the Buddhist Poet-Saint Saraha'', Oxford University Press, 2005  
*Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, ''A Song for the King: Saraha on Mahamudra Meditation'', ed. by Michele Martin, tr. by Michele Martin & Peter O'Hearn, Boston: Wisdom
2006
*Roger R. Jackson, ''Tantric Treasures: Three Collections of Mystical Verse from Buddhist India'', Oxford University Press, 2004
==External Links==
*[http://www.tbrc.org/link?RID=P6160 TBRC Profile]


[[Category:Historical Masters]]
[[Category:Historical Masters]]
[[Category:Indian Masters]]
[[Category:Indian Masters]]

Revision as of 06:43, 6 July 2009

Saraha (Wyl. mda' bsnun) - one of the greatest Indian mahasiddhas famous for his songs of realization (Skt. dohā). He was also one of Nagarjuna's teachers. In iconography he is depicted holding an arrow. According to tradition, his dohas are divided into three cycles: the King Dohas, Queen Dohas and People Dohas.

Writings

  • Treasury of Songs (Skt. Dohākoṣa)

Further Reading

  • Abhayadatta, Buddha's Lions: Lives of the Eighty-four Siddhas, Emeryville, Dharma Publishing, 1979
  • H.V. Guenther, Ecstatic Spontaneity: Saraha's Three Cycles of Doha (includes translations of the King, Queen and People Dohas)
  • H.V. Guenther, The Royal Song of Saraha, Berkeley: Shambhala, 1973
  • Kurtis R. Schaeffer, Dreaming the Great Brahmin: Tibetan Traditions of the Buddhist Poet-Saint Saraha, Oxford University Press, 2005
  • Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, A Song for the King: Saraha on Mahamudra Meditation, ed. by Michele Martin, tr. by Michele Martin & Peter O'Hearn, Boston: Wisdom

2006

  • Roger R. Jackson, Tantric Treasures: Three Collections of Mystical Verse from Buddhist India, Oxford University Press, 2004

External Links