Dohākośa
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Dohākośa [alt. Dohākośagīti] (T. Do ha mdzod). “Treasury of Dohā Verses”. A collection of dohā verses sung by the Indian siddha Saraha.
- The verses express the immediacy of the ultimate spiritual experience and the inadequacy of language to convey it, often using sarcasm to mock social conventions. At the same time, the work is based on the traditional tantric premise that meditative practice, motivated by bodhicitta, and undertaken with devotion to one’s guru, can bring about the bliss of enlightenment within the present lifetime.[1]
Translation
English translation:
- Klaus-Dieter Mathes and Péter-Dániel Szántó, Saraha’s Spontaneous Songs, With the Commentaries by Advayavajra and Mokṣākaragupta (Wisdom Publications 2024)
Notes
- ↑ Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. Dohākośa
External links
Saraha, Rigpa Shedra Wiki