After the Parinirvana of the Buddha, many views and disagreements on what the Buddha stated as the path liberation arose. To understand this subject, this text give an extensive discourse regarding the beliefs of the various Buddhist schools of thought. The purpose of this book is to educate those who desire a deeper and more profound understanding of how the various schools expound reality. The importance of this knowledge is something which has been passed down from the great universities such as Nalanda. This tradition is the foundation of the growth of the Gelugpa tradition in Tibet. The great Tibetan Jetsun Chokyi Gyaltsen composed this book for the purpose of elimination of doubt and to illuminate the complexities of the deep and profound teachings of the Buddha. This publication is focused in allowing the student of Buddhism to not only read and understand the different concepts, we have composed it in a Tibetan/English format to enhance the methods we use to validate the accuracy of this translation. It is essential to the validation of this work that everyone may be able to participate in our translation. In presenting this work, we aim to establish the confidence in our translation, necessary for all to enjoy the effort it has taken for this translation to be developed. May all virtue increase. The Tenets, Jetsun Chokyi Gyaltsen, Geshe Jampa Kunchog Pryor (Translator) SICGU, Paperback, 83 pp, $16.95
Geshe Jampa Kunchog is an American Buddhist monk who has studied in Sera Jey Monastery for over twenty years. He is a student of the well-known Sera Jey Geshe, Geshe Ngawang Dhargey. Upon finishing his studies and returning to the West, Geshe Jampa established Scholastic Institute Chokyi Gyaltsen (SICGU). The goal of SICGU is to promote and preserve Tibetan Buddhism as it has been traditionally taught for hundreds of years in the Tibetan tradition. The background in both, Western culture and formal Buddhist training, gives Geshe la a very unique combination of scholarly knowledge and practical advice. Since the inception of SICGU, Geshe Jampa Kunchog has been giving teachings on general Buddhism, Tibetan language and grammar, and traditional philosophical studies as taught to the monks at Sera Jey Monastery. He is also leading the translating and publishing activities of SICGU. Today, he continues to give teachings and offer advice to his students with great kindness and patience.
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