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The Essential Nectar: Meditations on the Buddhist Path
Exploring crucial points on the path to enlightenment, "Stages of the Path" literature continues to hold its place as one of the great treasures of Buddhist thought. In this volume, Geshe Rabten presents a structured explanation of the popular and practical text, The Essential Nectar of Holy Doctrine , by the 18th century scholar Yeshe Tsondru. Geshe Rabten’s teachings reveal how we may see life’s great value and, by taking up the profound practice described herein, make the most of its abundant opportunity. In a voice both sweet and potent, The Essential Nectar reveals the essence of the path to enlightenment.
312 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1800
About the author
Yeshe Tsondru
2 books1 followerKongpo Paggo Lama Yeshe Tsöndru (kong po phag mgo bla ma ye shes brtson 'grus) was a 19th Century lama of the Gelugpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
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May 2, 2016
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Geshe Rabten, a Tibetan Buddhist, explains the Lam rim text, " The Essential Nectar of the Holy Doctrine ", by Yeshe Tsondru.
It's a good book on the subject of Lam Rim, but I preferred the following Lam Rim books.
Each of the following books explain some of the teachings that the other ones don't cover or don't cover as extensively.
The Garland of Mahamudra Practices is the smallest and will easily help everyone.
The 3 volumes in The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment make it the largest text, plus there is a great deal of detailed information about the root text, which is included.
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01)
The Garland of Mahamudra Practices: A Translation of Kunga Rinchen's Clarifying the Jewel Rosary of the Profund Fivefold Path
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02) The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Lam Rim Chen Mo), by Tsongkhapa, is so large it was divided into 3 books.
You need to read all three of them to understand the complete path, from beginning to enlightenment.
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
Books blurb for all 3 follows.
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Lam rim chen mo) is one of the brightest jewels in the world's treasury of sacred literature. The author Tsong-kha-pa (1357–1419) completed this masterpiece in 1402 and it soon became one of the most renowned works of spiritual practice and philosophy in the world of Tibetan Buddhism. Tsong-kha-pa took great pains to base his incisive insights on the classical Indian Buddhist literature, illustrating his points with classical citations as well as with sayings of the masters of the earlier Kadampa tradition. In this way, the text demonstrates clearly how Tibetan Buddhism carefully preserved and developed the Indian Buddhist traditions.
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Volume One covers all practices that are prerequisite for developing the spirit of enlightenment (bodhicitta).
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Volume Two explains how to train in the six perfections in order to develop the heart of compassion indispensable for any student who wants to put the Dharma into practice.
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Volume Three contains a presentation of the two most important topics to be found in the Great Treatise: meditative serenity (shamatha) and supramundane insight into the nature of reality (vipasyana).
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Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand: A Concise Discourse on the Path to Enlightenment
Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand: A Concise Discourse on the Path to Enlightenment
by Pabongka Rinpoche, Pabongka Rinpoche, Trijang Rinpoche (Editor), Michael Richards (Translation)
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Combined Book Blurbs.
A seminal text for the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, this book clearly and powerfully presents the stages of the path to enlightenment ("lamrim"). The classic guide for the study, practice, and realization of Buddhist teachings is one of the most fundamental texts of Tibetan Buddhism. In 1921, legendary teacher Pabongka Rinpoche gave a twenty-four day teaching to a mass gathering of monks, nuns, and laypeople that was a complete synthesis of all the Buddha's teachings. "Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand is a translation from Tibetan of the notes from that teaching taken by Trijang Rinpoche, who became the current Dalai Lama's tutor. This book uses an entertaining, colloquial-style text that uses teaching stories to make its points and contains most of the famous "teaching" stories of Tibetan Buddhism. A fundamental resource in classes at Buddhist centers, this timeless book appears here in a greatly improved translation.
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You might want the following book as well.
o4)
The Complete Works of Atisa, The Lamp for the Path & Commentary
It's a very powerful and well done book.
The translation was easy to follow and thorough.
There is the Tibetan on the left page and the English translation on the right page.
No need to flip back and forth all the time.
A great book to study Lam Rim.
Geshe Rabten, a Tibetan Buddhist, explains the Lam rim text, " The Essential Nectar of the Holy Doctrine ", by Yeshe Tsondru.
It's a good book on the subject of Lam Rim, but I preferred the following Lam Rim books.
Each of the following books explain some of the teachings that the other ones don't cover or don't cover as extensively.
The Garland of Mahamudra Practices is the smallest and will easily help everyone.
The 3 volumes in The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment make it the largest text, plus there is a great deal of detailed information about the root text, which is included.
.
.
.
01)
The Garland of Mahamudra Practices: A Translation of Kunga Rinchen's Clarifying the Jewel Rosary of the Profund Fivefold Path
.
.
.
02) The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Lam Rim Chen Mo), by Tsongkhapa, is so large it was divided into 3 books.
You need to read all three of them to understand the complete path, from beginning to enlightenment.
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
Books blurb for all 3 follows.
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Lam rim chen mo) is one of the brightest jewels in the world's treasury of sacred literature. The author Tsong-kha-pa (1357–1419) completed this masterpiece in 1402 and it soon became one of the most renowned works of spiritual practice and philosophy in the world of Tibetan Buddhism. Tsong-kha-pa took great pains to base his incisive insights on the classical Indian Buddhist literature, illustrating his points with classical citations as well as with sayings of the masters of the earlier Kadampa tradition. In this way, the text demonstrates clearly how Tibetan Buddhism carefully preserved and developed the Indian Buddhist traditions.
.
Volume One covers all practices that are prerequisite for developing the spirit of enlightenment (bodhicitta).
.
Volume Two explains how to train in the six perfections in order to develop the heart of compassion indispensable for any student who wants to put the Dharma into practice.
.
Volume Three contains a presentation of the two most important topics to be found in the Great Treatise: meditative serenity (shamatha) and supramundane insight into the nature of reality (vipasyana).
.
.
.
03)
Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand: A Concise Discourse on the Path to Enlightenment
Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand: A Concise Discourse on the Path to Enlightenment
by Pabongka Rinpoche, Pabongka Rinpoche, Trijang Rinpoche (Editor), Michael Richards (Translation)
.
Combined Book Blurbs.
A seminal text for the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, this book clearly and powerfully presents the stages of the path to enlightenment ("lamrim"). The classic guide for the study, practice, and realization of Buddhist teachings is one of the most fundamental texts of Tibetan Buddhism. In 1921, legendary teacher Pabongka Rinpoche gave a twenty-four day teaching to a mass gathering of monks, nuns, and laypeople that was a complete synthesis of all the Buddha's teachings. "Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand is a translation from Tibetan of the notes from that teaching taken by Trijang Rinpoche, who became the current Dalai Lama's tutor. This book uses an entertaining, colloquial-style text that uses teaching stories to make its points and contains most of the famous "teaching" stories of Tibetan Buddhism. A fundamental resource in classes at Buddhist centers, this timeless book appears here in a greatly improved translation.
.
.
.
You might want the following book as well.
o4)
The Complete Works of Atisa, The Lamp for the Path & Commentary
It's a very powerful and well done book.
The translation was easy to follow and thorough.
There is the Tibetan on the left page and the English translation on the right page.
No need to flip back and forth all the time.
A great book to study Lam Rim.
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