The Tantric View of Life
Herbert V. Guenther
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Used - Hardcover
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Add to basketSold by Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 17 September 2012
Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketVery Good- in Good only DJ: The Book shows mild nudges to the lower corner tips; moderate wear to the extremities of the purple boards; a former owner's name ('Kesang') neatly inscribed at the upper front free endpaper; faint sunning to the top edges of both panels; the binding leans very slightly but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. A carefully-used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and minor imperfections. The DJ shows fairly heavy wear to the extremities, with some loss to rubbing and chipping at the corners and several short, mostly-closed tears; moderate rubbing and some faint soiling to the white background field of the rear panel; the price has not been clipped. Overall, remains a clean, sturdy, presentable copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing some wear but with a clean text in a rather tatty DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo (10 x 6.35 x 0.7 inches). Sixteen duotone plates scattered throughout the text. Language: English. Weight: 17.5 ounces. Stated First Edition (1972) , however, as the Library of Congress Number begins with 78 this may be a First Edition Thus. Clear Light Series. Hardback with DJ. Herbert Vighnantaka Günther (1917 2006) was a German Buddhist philosopher and Professor and Head of the Department of Far Eastern Studies at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. He held this position from the time he left India in 1964. Herbert Günther was born in Bremen, Germany, as the only son of Reinhold Günther and his wife. Because he showed a great interest in the Orient from an early age his father encouraged him to pursue studies in this field. To this end he began the study of the Chinese language when he was nine. By the time he graduated from high school in 1936, he had also learned the Sanskrit language. He went to Munich for further study after graduation, earning the Ph. D. Degree in 1939. Four years later he received the degree Dr. Phil. Habil. In Vienna. From this beginning, Günther went on to become one of the leading Buddhist scholars of our time. Amongst the most influential of his European mentors were Professor Wilhelm Geiger, a specialist in Pali and Sinhalese, and Walter Wüst - both of Munich. His aptitude for languages manifested itself. In addition to Pali, Sinhalese, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese, Japanese, English, German, Russian, and Hindi, there were those languages he studied 'for enjoyment' - Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Arabic, Spanish, and Italian. He progressed to teaching and taught at Vienna University from 1943 to 1950. Guenther left in 1950, refusing to serve under the rehabilitated ex-Nazi, Erich Frauwallner, whose academic chair had been restored to him. Günther journeyed to India, where he lived and taught for the next fourteen years. From 1950 to 1958, he was at Lucknow University, where he developed a deep friendship with Kailas Nath Kaul, a naturalist, ethnologist and philosopher. He then went to the Sanskrit University in Varanasi, where he was Head of the Department of Comparative Philosophy and Buddhist Studies from 1958 to 1963. The following year was spent at the International School of America. The personal and intellectual encounters he had in India and the Himalayan region were to leave a lasting mark, for he was fortunate in studying with many prominent Tibetan and Mongolian lamas. Among encounters of special note were those with the following teachers: His Holiness the Dalai Lama; Khri-byang Blo-bzang Ye-shes Rin-po-che, tutor to His Holiness; the Incarnate Lama Ka-thog dbon sprul-sku; the Incarnate Lama Dar-mdo-sprul-sku Thub-bstan Ihun-grub legs-bzang of 'Bras sprungs Blo gsal-gling rgyal-rong and Abbot of Budhgaya; the Incarnate Lama Tarthang Tulku (Dar-thang sprul-sku) , formerly of Golog Monastery in Tibet and the Sanskrit University in Varanasi, and presently Head Lama of the Tibeta.
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