Second Karmapa Karma Pakshi: Tibetan Mahasiddha by Charles Manson

Charles Manson presents the life and writings of Karma Pakshi, a thirteenth-century meditation master from East Tibet and the first to be named Karmapa. He is regarded as one of the earliest reincarnated lamas and influential in the development of the reincarnate lama tradition.

Recognized as a mahasiddha, Karma Pakshi was invited to the Mongol court, where he advised the emperor Möngke Khan, and he was later imprisoned under Kublai Khan. The book traces this history and the writings that survive from his life.