The Epic of Gesar of Ling rosebud the Hata family continues to

the Hata family continues to create an amazing array of fragrances

Garuda grasps the tails of the naga-serpents with his sharp talons

We come to understand that to become enlightened we must experience what was always present within us

Translated by Gyurme Dorje

The Epic of Gesar of Ling rosebud the Hata family continues toTranslated by Robin Kornman, Lama Chonam, and Sangye Khandro The epic of Gesar has been the national treasure of Tibet for almost a thousand years. An open canon of tales about a superhuman warrior king, the epic is still a living oral tradition, included on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This book is a translation of the beginning portion of this enormous corpus, covering all the events from Gesar's