Home > Forthcoming Titles >   Book of Kadam: The Core Texts, Attributed to Atisa Dipamkara (982–1054) and Dromtönpa (1005–1064)
Publication date: Jan 2008	Publication date: Jan 2008 Our Price: $59.95 Sale Price: $47.96 You Save $11.99! Author: Atisa Dipamkara & Dromtönpa Translator: Thupten Jinpa Format: Hardcover ISBN: 9780861714414 Publication Date: January 2008 Availability: Pre-Order Product Code: 15217 Qty:

Description   The Kadma School, which emerged from the teachings of the Indian master Atisa and his principal student, Dromtönpa, is revered for its unique practical application of the bodhisattva’s altruistic ideal in day-to-day life. One of the most well-known sets of spiritual teachings stemming from Atisa and Dromtönpa is a special collection of oral transmissions enshrined in the two-volume Book of Kadam (Bka’ gdams glegs bam). The texts in this volume include the core texts of The Book of Kadam, notably the twenty-three-chapter dialogue between Atisa and Dromtönpa that is woven around Atisa’s Bodhisattva’s Jewel Garland. Sometimes referred to as the “Kadam emanation scripture,” The Book of Kadam is indisputedly one of the greatest works of Tibetan Buddhism. This volume contains (1) Atisa’s Bodhisattva’s Jewel Garland, (2) the twenty-three chapters of the Jewel Garland of Dialogues, (3) Dromtönpa’s Self-Exhortation, (4) Elucidation of the Heart-Drop Practice by Khenchen Nyima Gyaltsen (1223–1305), (5) four selected chapters from Dromtönpa’s birth stories, (6) two brief verse summaries of the Book of Kadam, one by the second Dalai Lama (1476–1542) and the other by Yongzin Yeshé Gyaltsen (1713–93), and (7) Sayings of the Kadam Masters, compiled by Chegom Sherap Dorjé (ca. twelfth century). Although the Kadam school no longer exists as an autonomous lineage within Tibetan Buddhism, its teachings have become fully incorporated into the teachings of all four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, especially the Geluk School. Hardcover, 768 pages, $59.95

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