The Madman's Middle Way: Reflections on Reality of the Tibetan Monk Gendun Chopal, Edited and Translated by Donald S. Lopez Jr. offering Matricheta's Letter to the Great

Matricheta's Letter to the Great King Kanishka written in his old age to a young ruler who will become the greatest of the Kusana kings

and lack of cooperation

The Prayer that Removes All Obstacles from the Path - 136

Sterling silver flaming sword pendant

Each Tsa Tsa is approximately 3" tall and hand painted in various colored finishes

The Madman's Middle Way: Reflections on Reality of the Tibetan Monk Gendun Chopal, Edited and Translated by Donald S. Lopez Jr. offering Matricheta's Letter to the GreatGendun Chopel is considered the most important Tibetan intellectual of the twentieth century. His life spanned the two defining moments in modern Tibetan history: the entry into Lhasa by British troops in 1904 and by Chinese troops in 1951. Recognized as an incarnate lama while he was a child, Gendun Chopel excelled in the traditional monastic curriculum and went on to become expert in fields as diverse as philosophy, history, linguistics, geography,