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The teaching systematically covers the essential elements of the Buddhist path: proper guru devotion as the foundation of all spiritual attainment; recognizing the precious opportunity and impermanence of human life; understanding karma and its inevitable consequences; developing renunciation of samsara; cultivating bodhicitta by recognizing all beings as former mothers suffering in cyclic existence; practicing the six perfections, especially moral discipline; developing the union of calm abiding (shamatha) and penetrative insight (vipashyana); and entering the Vajrayana path as the swiftest route to enlightenment.
Khunu Lama emphasizes the Madhyamaka view as the most refined Buddhist philosophy and stresses that Tibetan Buddhism uniquely preserves all aspects of the Dharma—Hīnayāna, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna—in their complete form. He concludes by encouraging his Western students to master Tibetan language and grammar to fully access these teachings and then spread the Dharma in the West, adapting presentations skillfully to suit different capacities of mind, like a doctor prescribing appropriate medicine.
The collection was made possible during a remarkable period when most of the great lamas who had fled Tibet were still alive and teaching, allowing fortunate students in India and Nepal to receive direct instruction from these masters. Many teachings were given at Tushita Mahāyāna Meditation Centre in New Delhi, which Ribush established at Lama Yeshe's request in 1977 and directed until 1983.
The book features an introductory overview of the path to enlightenment by the editor, followed by teachings from luminaries including Khunu Lama Rinpoche, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and numerous other renowned Geluk masters. The teachings cover fundamental Buddhist topics including refuge, bodhicitta, the graduated path, the four noble truths, renunciation, emptiness, concentration, tantra, and thought transformation.
This revised second edition (2015) includes editorial improvements and is distributed freely to benefit all sentient beings and support the preservation of Mahayana Buddhism.The teaching systematically covers the essential elements of the Buddhist path: proper guru devotion as the foundation of all spiritual attainment; recognizing the precious opportunity and impermanence of human life; understanding karma and its inevitable consequences; developing renunciation of samsara; cultivating bodhicitta by recognizing all beings as former mothers suffering in cyclic existence; practicing the six perfections, especially moral discipline; developing the union of calm abiding (shamatha) and penetrative insight (vipashyana); and entering the Vajrayana path as the swiftest route to enlightenment.
Khunu Lama emphasizes the Madhyamaka view as the most refined Buddhist philosophy and stresses that Tibetan Buddhism uniquely preserves all aspects of the Dharma—Hīnayāna, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna—in their complete form. He concludes by encouraging his Western students to master Tibetan language and grammar to fully access these teachings and then spread the Dharma in the West, adapting presentations skillfully to suit different capacities of mind, like a doctor prescribing appropriate medicine.
