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The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Volume One: The Lamrim Chenmo | 
| Author: Tsong-kha-pa
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.6
ISBN: 1559391529
Dewey Decimal Number: 294.3444
EAN: 9781559391528
ASIN: 1559391529
Publication Date: January 25, 2001
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Of the many works of the Tibetan master Tsong-kha-pa, none compare in terms of popularity and breadth of influence with his Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, which has been treasures by practitioners and scholars alike for centuries.--H.H. the Dalai Lama
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These three volumes are a must-read November 11, 2008
D Burch (California)
If you want to know what you must do to become enlightened, these three volumes are the ones to read. The steps are laid out very plainly. Be prepared -- these books are not a quick-read. It took 6 months of daily effort just to read through them once because the reading is heavy and thought-provoking. The third volume is the hardest to understand because it goes into Buddhist logic (Madhyamaka) so people who have not been exposed to those ideas before reading this book might find the third volume challenging. (My suggestion is to listen to Chapter 9: Wisdom and the Bodhisattva Path of Pema Chodron's CD set on the Way of the Bodhisattvah available at http://www.pemachodrontapes.org/bodhisattva.htm#bodhi or read Center of the Sunlit Sky by Karl Brunnholzl available through Amazon.com at The Center of the Sunlit Sky: Madhyamaka in the Kagyu Tradition (Nitartha Institute Series).) I have read a lot of books on this topic and this set is the most comprehensive and easiest to follow, albeit longest. Of course, putting what is contained within is the hard part, but at least the explanation is there so you have a leg up on the work. If I was only allowed three books to own for the rest of my life, these would be the ones I would keep.
The great Great Treatise June 19, 2008
Lobsang Jinpa (New York)
Briefly, this is a great contribution to the corpus of literature from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition in English.
The Great Treatise on the Stages to the Path to Enlightenment is synonymous for many with the Gelugpa tradition as whole, and given the historical centrality of that tradition, one could well argue that it is essential for students of Tibetan Buddhism to be able to read this work in its entirety. Given the complexity and length of the work, the translators have done us all an invaluable service. I feel we who are confined to English as the language in which we study the Dharma should consider ourselves lucky to have access to this comprehensive overview of the Buddhist path, seen from the point of view of Je Tsongkapa, one the pivotal figures in the long story of Buddhism in Tibet.
 Je Tsongkapa's classic commentary on Atisha's Lam Rim May 30, 2008
Will Smith (Arlington, TX United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have been trying my best to follow Je Tsongkapa's advice for years now. These teachings are very special as they are the 'Lam Rim' or 'Stages of The Path' teachings originally formulated by Atisha for Tibetans. It is a very condensed yet essential presentation of all Buddha's teachings. In Geshe Kelsang Gyatso's Lam Rim texts, the number of meditations is 21. In other contemporary Lam Rim texts like that of Geshe Rabten, H.H. Dalai Lama, or Geshe Sopa, the number varies.
What is amazing is the Lam Rim's simplicity and clarity. Add to that Je Tsongkapa's stainless reasoning and vast scriptural knowledge and you have a spiritual masterpiece.
This is not to say other texts from other traditions aren't valid. I just relate to these teachings most powerfully.
If I have any complaints about the text it would be in the translation the word 'sin' is used instead of 'negativity' or something less charged. Also, there was not one Tibetan out of like 20 people on the translation committee for this book. That's why 4 stars.
really inspiring April 25, 2008
hispanic mom
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great book!! Karma, 6 perfections, spirit of enlightenment, wisdom and many other topics are explained perfectly. What each term means, what it doesn't, how to achieve it, how not to... I read it all and now use each topic in my meditation sessions.
I wouldn't recommend it as an introduction to Buddhism, but it is great if you are already familiar with Dharma.
Liberation in the Palms of Your Hand August 22, 2007
Let it Be (Singapore)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
To read the , by Tsong-kha-pa demands great patience and diligence for the average reader.
In particular, the difficulty is partly due to the excellent and faithful translation of the three volumes of the author's work from Tibetan to English. And since the original work was written scholaric language during Je Tsong Khapa's time six hundred years ago, I reckoned that I needed some help when I purchased all three volumes of the Great Treatise several months ago after reading the first few chapters.
Help has come in the form of an useful preliminary reading. A companion, compendium, discourse-commentary on Je Tsong Khapa's profound and scholarly work has long been translated and available in English and in print for decades before as < Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand: A Concise Discourse on the Path to Enlightenment >.
It is to my knowledge that some Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Gelug/Gelupa school are actually using as a course outline to teach Je Tsong Khapa's to members of the Sangha in 24 days.
is a document of a series lecture delivered by Pabongka Rinpoche over 24 days in Tibet the 1920s,the book is authored by Trijang Rinpoche and translated into English by Michael Richards.
Based on Je Tsong Khapa's work in The Lamrim Chenmo, delivers an "executive summary" of the three volumes of into 898 pages vis-a-vis three volumes of Je Tsong Khapa's detailed scholarly work.
This book is not a Great Treatise on the Path to Enlightenment for Dummies, it is a concise commentary on which readers of The Great Treatise may find as a useful companion to the three profound and wonderfully translated volumes of .
For readers who do not know what really to expect from three volumes of the , I would stongly recommend as a preliminary read. By itself, is already a classic, however, its next greatest value add is to serve as a pathfinder guide for the reader who would be learning the three volumes of the Lamrim Chenmo.
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