Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment

Sonam Rinchen, Geshe; Sonam, Ruth; Atisha; Sonam, Ruth

ISBN 10: 1559390824 / ISBN 13: 9781559390828

Published by Snow Lion, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment
• Publisher: Snow Lion
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1559390824
• ISBN 13: 9781559390828
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Atisha's most celebrated text sets forth the entire 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.

About the Author

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.