The Yogin and the Madman: a book

"The Yogin and the Madman:  Reading the Biographical Corpus of Tibet’s Great Saint Milarepa (Columbia University Press 2014, South Asia Across the Disciplines Series) is the first extended literary history of the biographical tradition surrounding Tibet’s most famous Buddhist saint, the eleventh-century hermit and poet Milarepa. The book likewise presents the first analysis of an entire Himalayan textual tradition by tracing its historical formation, changing narrative voices, eventual canonical status, and enduring legacy across the region."

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