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Title: Music in the Sky: The Life, Art and Teachings of the Seventeenth Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorje by Michele Martin ISBN: 1-55939-195-2 Publisher: Snow Lion Pubns Pub. Date: May, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (9 reviews)
Rating: 1
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Comment: This Karmapa is a Chinese puppet. To get to know the other version better read Tomek Lehnert's Rogues in Robes: An Inside Chronicle of a Recent Chinese-Tibetan Intrigue in the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Diamond Way Buddhism.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Fantastic, Balanced View of the Contraversial Karmapa!
Comment: I read through the life of the Karmapa in this book in three intense nights, simply because I could not put it down! Ms. Martin's writing is truly a pleasure. It is beautifully descriptive and shockingly informative with many endnotes to embellish existing points. In correction to Namgyal's comment below, Ms. Martin indeed does cover the situation of the Karmapa's validity in great detail, including letters sent by Shamar Rinpoche, the most important person who was in contrast to the mainstream view. I saw the contraversey in a very fair and even light.
The teachings are inspirational and usefull in everyday life and the poems show the maturity and artistry of the young Karmapa.
Having had the pleasure of hosting Ms. Martin when she was visiting my area with a Rinpoche, I can attest that she knows what she is doing and that her interest in the Karmapa is genuine. This book is a must read for anyone interested in Buddhism.
Rating: 5
Summary: Well-documented and researched
Comment: Music in the Sky is a well-documented and articulate account of Buddhist practice and philosophy as it is presented by Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, who is the leader of one of the main lineages in Tibetan Buddhism, the Karma Kagyu. The author, who is a well-known and experienced translator, has worked with all the major Kagyu teachers, including Shamar Rinpoche, who decided to create his own candidate for the head of the lineage. Wisely, the author has chosen not to dwell upon the politics of one small group, and instead followed the advice of the Dalai Lama when he confirmed Ogyen Trinley Dorje as the 17th Karmapa: "What is important is to focus on what has real and profound significance." This, of course, refers to the teachings of Buddhism, which are presented in this remarkable book along with the Karmapa's deeply-insightful poetry, the history of his lineage, and the amazing story of his life in Tibet, his discovery, and his escape to India. I would highly recommend this book to both old and new students.
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