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Refining Gold: Stages in Buddhist Contemplative Practice
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In this extensive teaching, the Dalai Lama beautifully elucidates the meaning of the path to enlightenment through his own direct spiritual advice and personal reflections. Based on a very famous Tibetan text, this teaching presents in practical terms the essential instructions for the attainment of enlightenment. Its direct approach and lucid style make Refining Gold one of the most accessible introductions to Tibetan Buddhism ever published. His discourse draws out the meaning of the Third Dalai Lama's famous Essence of Refined Gold as he speaks directly to the reader, offering advice, personal reflections, and scriptural commentary. He says in practical terms what the student must do to attain enlightenment. (Source: Shambhala Publications)
Citation
Dalai Lama, 14th. Refining Gold: Stages in Buddhist Contemplative Practice. Edited and translated by Glenn H. Mullin. Core Teachings of the Dalai Lama. Boulder, CO: Shambhala Publications, 2019.
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Table of contents
- Foreword by Yongzin Trijang Rinpocheix
- Foreword by Robert Thurmanxi
- Translator's Introductionxiii
- 1. The Nature of the Instruction1
- 2. Three Perspectives on Practice21
- 3. Where the Guru and Disciple Meet31
- 4. The Human Situation55
- 5. Three Levels of Spiritual Application61
- 6. Death and the Lower Realms67
- 7. Seeking a Place of Refuge77
- 8. The Laws of Karmic Evolution87
- 9. Hinayana Realism103
- 10. Generating the Bodhisattva Spirit117
- 11. Practice of the General Mahayana137
- 12. Vajrayana157
- 13. A Summary of the Path165
- Appendix 1: A Lam Rim Preliminary Rite175
- Appendix 2: Biography of the Third Dalai Lama193
- Glossary213
- Notes221
- Bibliography of Texts Quoted225
- Books by the Dalai Lama229
- Index231
- About Namgyal Monastery245
Interconnections
1 Full translation of
Essence of Refined Gold is one of the Third Dalai Lama's most popular written works. It extracts the heart of Lama Tsongkhapa's Great Exposition of the Stages on the Spiritual Path. Although brief, it summarizes the meaning of all Buddha's teachings and is easily put into practice. (Source: The Path to Enlightenment, preface)
3 Other editions
The Third Dalai Lama's famous work Essence of Refined Gold is a powerful exposition on Atisha's A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, the basis of Lam-rim teaching.
Continuing this living tradition to the present day, Tenzin Gyatso, the present Dalai Lama, provides an extensive "commentary to the meaning" of Essence of Refined Gold, drawn from his own penetrating experience. The discourse, which comprises the main body of this text alternates between personal reflections, direct spiritual advice and scriptural quotations. He presents the spirit of the Third Dalai Lama's brief work with an amazing ease and fluidity that is accessible to all.
Also included in this volume is the Lam-rim Preliminary Rite, a beautiful guide to the Avalokiteshvara tantric methods entitled The Tantric Yogas of the Bodhisattva of Compassion and several verse works. A traditional biography: of the Third Dalai Lama by Tse-chok Ling Gyal-tsen is given as an
appendix. (Source: back cover)
In this extensive teaching, the Dalai Lama beautifully elucidates the meaning of the path to enlightenment through his own direct spiritual advice and personal reflections. Based upon a very famous Tibetan text, this teaching presents in practical terms the essential instructions for the attainment of enlightenment. Its direct approach and lucid style make The Path to Enlightenment one of the most accessible introductions to Tibetan Buddhism ever published. His discourse draws out the meaning of the Third Dalai Lama's famous Essence of Refined Gold as he speaks directly to the reader, offering spiritual advice, personal reflection,s and scriptural commentary. He says in practical terms what the student must do to attain enlightenment.
(Source: Shambhala Publications)
Essence of Refined Gold is among the Third Dalai Lama Gyalwa Sonam Gyatso's most widely read works. Drawing out the essential meaning of Lama Tsongkhapa's Great Exposition of the Stages of the Path, the text is valued for its concise summary of the Buddha's teachings in a form readily applicable to practice. This volume presents Glenn H. Mullin's translation of the root text together with a commentary compiled from a discourse on the text delivered by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama.
