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The Path to Enlightenment
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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 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.
Citation
Dalai Lama, 14th. The Path to Enlightenment. Translated and Edited by Glenn H. Mullin. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1995.
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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)
1 Other editions
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.
1 Contains chapter or part
Dalai Lama, 14th. "Generating the Bodhisattva Spirit." In The Path to Enlightenment, translated and edited by Glenn H. Mullin, 133–49. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1995.
1 Teaching based on
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)
