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The Path to Inner Peace: Teachings on The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas by Thogme Sangpo
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Description
This book is based on audio recordings of the oral commentary that Garchen Rinpoche gave at the Drikung Garchen Institute in Munich from September 14-16, 2010.
It is the English translation of Der Weg zu geistigem Frieden. (Source: Translators' Preface)
For Garchen Rinpoche this book is a close companion and his most important treasure. By accomplishing this training of the mind, he succeeded in taking his tormentors to his heart during his twenty years in Chinese captivity. His teachings are imbued with the realization of this practice.
The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas was written in the fourteenth century by Thogme Sangpo (1295–1369), a lamrim and lojong master in the tradition of the Indian master Atisha (982–1054). Thogme Sangpo's work is the essence of lojong – the training of the mind that leads to the development and perfect unfolding of compassion and bodhicitta. (Source Accessed Mar 4, 2025)
Citation
Garchen Rinpoche. The Path to Inner Peace: Teachings on The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas by Thogme Sangpo. Translated from Tibetan to German by Claudia Jürgens and from German to English by Liane Pitsos. Munich: Edition Garchen Stiftung, 2024.
Table of contents
- Preface by Garchen Rinpoche 7
- Preface by the German Translator 9
- Preface by the English Translator 13
- Introduction 14
- The Title 16
- Expressing Homage 18
- The Pledge to Compose This Scripture 24
- Verse 1: Do Not Waste This Precious Opportunity28
- Verse 2: Leaving the Familiar Environment36
- Verse 3: Entrusting Ourselves to Solitude40
- Verse 4: Letting Go of This Life46
- Verse 5: Avoiding Bad Friends49
- Verse 6: Entrusting Ourselves to a Spiritual Teacher53
- Verse 7: Taking Refuge61
- Verse 8: Abandoning Harmful Actions67
- Verse 9 : Aspiring for Liberation70
- Verse 10: Cultivating Bodhichitta72
- Verse 11: Exchanging Happiness for Suffering74
- Verse 12: Using Loss as Practice77
- Verse 13: Using Suffering as Practice79
- Verse 14: Using Slander as Practice82
- Verse 15: Using Exposure as Practice84
- Verse 16: Using the Experience of Ingratitude as Practice87
- Verse 17: Using Being Lowered as Practice89
- Verse 18: Using Adversity as Practice91
- Verse 19: Using Good Reputation as Practice94
- Verse 20: Using Hatred as Practice97
- Verse 21: Using Desire as Practice99
- Verse 22: Recognizing the Ultimate Truth104
- Verse 23: Recognizing Beautiful Objects as Illusions111
- Verse 24: Recognizing Suffering as an Illusion113
- Verse 25: The Perfection of Generosity117
- Verse 26: The Perfection of Discipline121
- Verse 27: The Perfection of Patience124
- Verse 28: The Perfection of Diligence129
- Verse 29: The Perfection of Meditative Stability134
- Verse 30: The Perfection of Wisdom137
- Verse 31: Overcoming Our Own Faults144
- Verse 32: Not Speaking About the Faults of Others145
- Verse 33: Abandoning Attachment to Patrons146
- Verse 34: Abandoning Offensive Words147
- Verse 35: Abandoning Afflictions Immediately148
- Verse 36: Being Mindful149
- Verse 37: Dedicating the Merit150
- Appendix
- Endnotes 151
- Glossary of Sanskrit Terms 159
- Directory of Proper Names 161
- Enumerations 164
- Sources and Literature 166
- Root Text and Commentaries on The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattva 166
- Works Cited 167
- References in Tibetan Language 169
- References in Western Languages 170
- Websites 171
Interconnections
1 Full translation of
Gyalse Tokme Zangpo's (1295–1369) highly influential work on Mind Training (blo sbyong) that outlines the training of a bodhisattva in a series of thirty-seven verses is still very popular today with Buddhist practitioners around the world. The colophon states: "This was composed at the Jewel Cave of Ngulchu by the monk Tokme [Zangpo], expounder of scripture and reasoning, for the benefit of myself and others." Since he gathered together all the paths of the bodhisattvas and composed them in the form of thirty-seven verses, the title is clearly fitting.
1 Teaching based on
Gyalse Tokme Zangpo's (1295–1369) highly influential work on Mind Training (blo sbyong) that outlines the training of a bodhisattva in a series of thirty-seven verses is still very popular today with Buddhist practitioners around the world. The colophon states: "This was composed at the Jewel Cave of Ngulchu by the monk Tokme [Zangpo], expounder of scripture and reasoning, for the benefit of myself and others." Since he gathered together all the paths of the bodhisattvas and composed them in the form of thirty-seven verses, the title is clearly fitting.
