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The Foundation of All Good Qualities
A translation of and commentary on Tsongkhapa's Foundation of All Good Qualities (Yon tan gzhi gyur ma) by the late Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen. The book contains a translation of the root verses. The Foundation of All Good Qualities covers the essential stages from cultivating devotion to one's spiritual teacher through the practices of beings of small, medium, and great spiritual capacity - including refuge, karma, the four noble truths, renunciation, bodhicitta, and the six perfections. The text serves as both a daily recitation and systematic guide for Tibetan Buddhist practitioners following the Geluk tradition's approach to spiritual development.
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Commentaries
The Foundation of All Good Qualities
A translation of and commentary on Tsongkhapa's Foundation of All Good Qualities (Yon tan gzhi gyur ma) by the late Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen. The book contains a translation of the root verses. The Foundation of All Good Qualities covers the essential stages from cultivating devotion to one's spiritual teacher through the practices of beings of small, medium, and great spiritual capacity - including refuge, karma, the four noble truths, renunciation, bodhicitta, and the six perfections. The text serves as both a daily recitation and systematic guide for Tibetan Buddhist practitioners following the Geluk tradition's approach to spiritual development.
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The Foundation of All Good Qualities: Khunu Lama Rinpoche
This is Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen's 1975 commentary on Lama Tsongkhapa's Foundation of All Good Qualities, a concise prayer-text that encompasses the entire graduated path to enlightenment in verse form.
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.Article
