Timeless Rapture: Inspired Verse of the Shangpa Masters by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, edited and translated by Ngawang Zangpo Vendor_Kumar Lama Published to encourage understanding of Published to encourage understanding of the Vajrayana and of the Nyingma lineage that transmits it with a Dorje in his right hand and phurba in his left This book offers a rare glimpse into the mysticism of the Shangpa Kagyu lineage a tradition based mainly on the profound teaching of two women This compendium of spontaneous verse sung by tantric Buddhist masters from the tenth century to the present includes translations as well as short descriptions of each poet's life and a historical overview of the lineage