Steps on the Path to Enlightenment
A Commentary on Tsongkhapa's Lamrim Chenmo, Volume 2: Karma
Published on 1. January 2005
556 pages
978-0-86171-774-3 (ISBN)
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This second volume of the five-volume commentary by the renowned Buddhist scholar Geshe Lhundub Sopa focuses on the key Buddhist concepts of karma, or cause and effect, and dependent origination. Considered one of the finest living Buddhist scholars, Geshe Sopa provides commentaries essential for anyone interested in a sound understanding of Tibetan Buddhist practice and philosophy. Never has a book gone into such clear detail on karma and dependent origination--concepts which, despite many references in contemporary culture, are too often misunderstood. Here, Geshe Sopa starts from the beginning with a faithful reading of the Lamrim Chenmo and, in the end, leaves readers with the proper tools for incorporating core Buddhist concepts into their study, teaching, and practice.
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Steps on the Path to Enlightenment: Karma: A Commentary on the Lamrim Chenmo v. 2
A Commentary on Tsongkhapa's Lamrim Chenmo, Volume 2: Karma
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01/2005
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Born in the Tsang region of Tibet in 1923, Geshe Lhundub Sopa was both a spiritual master and a respected academic. He rose from a humble background to complete his geshe studies at Sera Je Monastic University in Lhasa with highest honors and was privileged to serve as a debate opponent for the Dalai Lama's own geshe examination in 1959. He moved to New Jersey in the United States in 1963 and in 1967 began teaching in the Buddhist Studies program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1975 he founded the Deer Park Buddhist Center in Oregon, Wisconsin, site of the Dalai Lama's first Kalachakra initiation granted in the West. He was the author of several books in English, including the five-volume comprehensive teaching Steps on the Path to Enlightenment. Geshe Lhundub Sopa passed away on August 28, 2014, at the age of 91. His Holiness the Dalai Lama composed a prayer of request for the swift return of Geshe Sopa.
Content
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Editor's Preface
- Technical Notes
- Introduction
- 1 The General Characteristics of Karma
- 2 The Varieties of Karma
- 3 Cultivating Ethical Behavior
- 4 The Attitude of a Person of Small Scope
- 5 The Eight Types of Suffering
- 6 The Six Types of Suffering
- 7 Further Meditations on Suffering
- 8 The Origin of Suffering
- 9 The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination
- 10 The Attitude of a Person of Intermediate Scope
- 11 Ascertaining the Nature of the Path Leading to Liberation
- 12 The Nature of the Three Trainings
- Appendix: Outline of the Text
- Glossary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
