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Lam Rim Chen Mo The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Lam rim chen mo) is one of the brightest jewels in the world's treasury of sacred literature. The author, Tsong-kha-pa (1357-1419), completed this masterpiece in 1402 and it soon became one of the most renowned works of spiritual practice and philosophy in the world of Tibetan Buddhism. Tsong-kha-pa took great pains to base his incisive insights on the classical Indian Buddhist literature, illustrating his points with classical citations as well as with sayings of the masters of the earlier Kadampa tradition. In this way the text demonstrates clearly how Tibetan Buddhism carefully preserved and developed the Indian Buddhist traditions. [...] The Great Treatise is now being translated in its entirety to be released in three volumes. This middle volume, the heart of the Great Treatise contains a presentation of the two most important topics to be found in the Great Treatise covers the spirit of enlightenment ( bodhicitta; byang chub kyi sems) and the deeds of the bodhisattvas, the great beings whose deeds are motivated by this altruistic spirit.
Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Volume 2, Tsong-kha-pa, The Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee, Snow Lion Publications, Paperback, 2004, 294 pages, $28.95
Je Tsong-Kha-Pa (1357-1419), founder of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, was one of Tibet's greatest philosophers and a prolific writer. His most famous work, The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path, is a classic of Tibetan Buddhism.
The Lamrim Chenmo Translation Comittee is composed of Jos� Cabezon, Daniel Cozort, Joshua W. C. Cutler, Natalie Hauptman, Roger R. Jackson, Karen Lang, Donald S. Lopez Jr., John Makransky, Elizabeth S. Napper, Guy Newland, John Newman, Gareth Sparham, B. Alan Wallace, and Joe B. Wilson.
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