A comprehensive presentation of the Graded Path to Enlightenment based upon a series of teachings given at the Tibetan Library, this work contains the basic teachings of Lord Buddha.

The author provides both theory and practical advice based on his own experience.

Tibetan Tradition of Mental Development, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, LTWA, Paperback, 216 Pages, $14.50

Venerable Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey was born in the Kham province of Tibet in 1928 and attended and attended Sera Je Monastery. He escaped from Tibet in 1959 to India where he was able to continue teaching and meditating. He received his Geshe Lharmapa degree in 1969. In 1971 His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama asked him to teach Dharma courses to westerners at The Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharmasala. In 1986 he left for Dunedin, New Zealand, where he was the resident Spiritual Director at the Thargye Dharma Center until his death in 1996.

	Contents: Tibetan Tradition of Mental Development
	Foreword by the Junior Tutor to H.H. the Dalai Lama	vii
	Publisher's Note	ix
	Autobiography of Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey	xi
1.	The Twelve Principal Deeds of the Buddha	3
2.	The Four Noble Truths	10
3.	The Fully Endowed Human Body	28
4.	Death Awareness	37
5.	The Three Lower Realms of Existence	41
6.	Renunciation	46
7.	Taking Refuge	48
8.	The Qualities of the Buddha	52
9.	The Law of Cause and Effect	58
10.	Virtuous Karma	80
11.	The Three Scopes	84
12.	The Six Perfections	114
13.	Vipasyana	144
14.	The Five Paths of the Hinayana	164
15.	The Five Paths of Mahayana	168
16.	The Ten Bodhisattva Grounds	182
17.	The Four Buddha Bodies	185
18.	Buddhahood	188
	Appendix 1: The Seven Limb Puja	193
	Appendix 2: Guru Yoga	201
	Glossary	209
	Index	211