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The Library of Tibetan Classics - 10: Stages of the Buddha's Teachings

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<i>Stages of the Buddha's Teachings</i> is an extraordinary and systematized representation of the complete path to enlightenment. The “stages of the teachings” or <i>tenrim</i> genre of Tibetan spiritual writing expounds the Mahayana teachings as a graded series of topics, from the practices required at the start of the bodhisattva’s career to the final perfect awakening of buddhahood. The three texts in the present volume all exerted seminal influence in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The first text, <i>The Blue Compendium</i>, presents the instructions of the Kadam teacher Potowa (1031–1106) as recorded by his student Dölpa (1059–1131). This text is followed by Gampopa’s (1079–1153) revered <i>Ornament of Precious Liberation</i>, which remains the most authoritative text on the path to enlightenment within the Kagyü school. The final text is Clarifying the Sage’s Intent, a masterwork by the preeiment sage of the Sakya tradition, Sakya Pandita (1182–1251).

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The Library of Tibetan Classics - 10: Stages of the Buddha's Teachings, Dölpa, Gampopa, Sakya Pandita, Ulrike Roesler, Ken Holmes, David Paul Jackson

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Title
The Library of Tibetan Classics - 10: Stages of the Buddha's Teachings
Subtitle
Three Key Texts
Language
English
Released
2015
Format
Hardcover
Pages
816
ISBN10
0861714490
ISBN13
9780861714490
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<i>Stages of the Buddha's Teachings</i> is an extraordinary and systematized representation of the complete path to enlightenment. The “stages of the teachings” or <i>tenrim</i> genre of Tibetan spiritual writing expounds the Mahayana teachings as a graded series of topics, from the practices required at the start of the bodhisattva’s career to the final perfect awakening of buddhahood. The three texts in the present volume all exerted seminal influence in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The first text, <i>The Blue Compendium</i>, presents the instructions of the Kadam teacher Potowa (1031–1106) as recorded by his student Dölpa (1059–1131). This text is followed by Gampopa’s (1079–1153) revered <i>Ornament of Precious Liberation</i>, which remains the most authoritative text on the path to enlightenment within the Kagyü school. The final text is Clarifying the Sage’s Intent, a masterwork by the preeiment sage of the Sakya tradition, Sakya Pandita (1182–1251).