Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment
Published on 25. September 1997
216 pages
978-1-55939-807-7 (ISBN)
Description
A key resource for modern-day Tibetan Buddhists, this lucid and engaging commentary distills the age-old wisdom of Atisha's celebrated overview of the Buddhist path
Atisha, the eleventh-century Indian Buddhist scholar and saint, came to Tibet at the invitation of the king of Western Tibet, Lha Lama Yeshe Wo, and his nephew, Jangchub Wo. His coming initiated the period of the second transmission of Buddhism to Tibet, formative for the Sakya Kagyu and Gelug traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.
Atisha's most celebrated text, Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, sets forth the entire Buddhist path within the framework of three levels of motivation on the part of the practitioner. Atisha's text thus became the source of the lamrim tradition, or graduated stages of the path to enlightenment, an approach to spiritual practice incorporated within all schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
Atisha, the eleventh-century Indian Buddhist scholar and saint, came to Tibet at the invitation of the king of Western Tibet, Lha Lama Yeshe Wo, and his nephew, Jangchub Wo. His coming initiated the period of the second transmission of Buddhism to Tibet, formative for the Sakya Kagyu and Gelug traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.
Atisha's most celebrated text, Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, sets forth the entire Buddhist path within the framework of three levels of motivation on the part of the practitioner. Atisha's text thus became the source of the lamrim tradition, or graduated stages of the path to enlightenment, an approach to spiritual practice incorporated within all schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
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Reflowable
File size
7,12 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-55939-807-7 (9781559398077)
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Geshe Sonam Rinchen | Atisha | Ruth Sonam
Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment
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01/1997
Snow Lion Publications
€22.50
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Person
Geshe Sonam Rinchen (1933?2013) studied at Sera Je Monastery and in 1980 received the Lharampa Geshe degree. He taught Buddhist philosophy and practice at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, India, as well as in dharma centers around the world.
