“I hope that the wisdom, imagination, and humor with which Douglas Penick has conveyed both Gesar’s story and the energy of his being will rouse unconditional confidence throughout the world.”
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the head of the Shambhala Buddhist Lineage and of Shambhala International, is the author of Making the Mind into an Ally, Ruling Your World

“The Warrior Song of King Gesar maintains traditional Asian epic genres and conventions while simultaneously transforming them into a completely contemporary vehicle of expression. The book captures in a remarkable way the nomadic warrior traditions from which Gesar’s inner life emerged while uncovering the personal reality which is hidden within them. This work then is not a ‘re-telling’ of the Gesar saga, but an authentic continuation of that tradition which thus becomes available to modern audiences in new and provocative ways.”
Kidder Smith- formerly Professor of Chinese History and Chair of Program in Asian Studies at Bowdoin College, is the author of numerous works on the East Asian classics and, with the Denma Translation Group, lead translator of Sun Tzu’s Art of War. ( )