The Tibetan Epic of Gesar of Ling

by Robin Kornman

Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Robin Kornman is best known for his work as a Tibetan Buddhist scholar, as well as a founding member of the Nalanda Translation Committee. Up until his death, he had spent many years working on an English translation of the Tibetan (living) epic Gesar of Ling―it is his work on this translation that has gained him the most recognition. A longtime student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Kornman had been co-director of Trungpa Rinpoche's first Shambhala retreat center in North America, Karmê Chöling, when first established in 1970.

Having earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University, Kornman was a professor of Comparative Literature, as well as a scholar-in-residence and Kluge Fellow at the Library of Congress; he has published various translations and articles dealing with Buddhism, and had acted as a meditation instructor and mentor to the Shambhala Buddhist Community.

Reviews

[Bryn Hammond]

Nice. Can't see that it's been published but was due. A easy to get version from Penguin of a translation that has been out in luxury hardback. Page count doesn't seem reduced.

Series: Penguin Classics
Paperback: 800 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (April 3, 2014)
ISBN-10: 0140449361
ISBN-13: 978-0140449365