Stallion on a Frozen Lake Love Songs of the Sixth Dalai Lama

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Verzendkosten 3,32. Boek is in nieuwstaat. From the 11th to the 14th centuries, tibet was riven by factionalism and was under mongol conquest. In the 1350s, the lamas from phagmodru pa monastery at nejong [neudong] in eastern tibet (part of the karma kagyu sect) defeated the sakya sect who were aligned with the yuan overlords. They ruled tibet as largely independent tributaries of the chinese ming state. Meanwhile, the gelug sect was formed by the buddhist teacher je tsongkhapa (d. 1419). After a period which saw the rise of several monasteries amid local satraps, in 1601, the fourth dalai lama was recognized in a mongol royal family. However, he died (possibly poisoned) in 1617, at age 27. At the time, gelug was one of several sects in tibet. The fith dalai lama subsequently, the fifth dalai lama was discovered in the tsang region (includes lhasa). His regent managed to procure the help of gushri khan of the khoshot mongols, who subdued all three regions of tibet - kham (north) and amdo (west), and finally tsang (east) in 1642. However, he handed over power to the fifth dalai lama, lobsang gyatso, who wielded both religious and secular power over unified tibet. Lobsang gyatso emerged as a strong temporal as well as spiritual ruler. He established lhasa as the capital and built the potala palace starting 1654. The sixth dalai lama after his death in 1682, his regent sangye gyatso [widely believed to be his son], kept his death secret, and continued the rule. Meanwhile, the sixth dalai lama was discovered and was initiated by the panchen lama and started his training. In 1697, when the sixth dalai lama tsangyang gyatso was 14 years old, the deception was revealed to the world, but this brought a furious chinese backlash. In 1701, gushi khans grandson, lhabzang khan, aligned with the kangxi emperors and attacked tibet. His army marched into lhasa and killed sangye gyatso. Tsangyang was then 18, and was immensely affected by the turmoil. It is said he went to the panchen lama in shigatse and renounced his vows. However, he continued living his dual life as spiritual leader by day and hedonist by night, as reflected in most of these poems. Five years later, he was deposed and then executed by lhabzangs army. Lhabzang then installed yeshi gyatso as 7th dalai lama, but he was not accepted by the gelugpa. Lhabzang was killed in 1717, and by 1720, the true 7the dalai lama, kelzang gyatso, was installed in lhasa. By 1727 however, tibet became a protectorate of the chinese