\n“It helps to recognize all teachings to be free of contradictions; it helps the dawning of all scriptures as pith instructions; it helps to find easily the enlightened intention of the conquerors; it helps also to guard against the abyss of grave negative deeds.” –Tsongkhapa, on the greatness of the Lamrim, from Songs of Spiritual Experience<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>
Lamrim<\/h2>\n<\/div>
Five Lamrim Texts by Tsongkhapa<\/a> | Modern Commentaries<\/a> | Other Lamrim Texts<\/a> | Lamrim Teachings<\/a> | Indian Sources<\/a> <\/h5>\n
\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Definitions<\/h3>\n<\/div>
lam rim <\/strong>(\u0f63\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f72\u0f58\u0f0b)
\nStages of the Path — graded path; graded stages of the path; graded stage of motivation; graded stages of pathway minds. A course of training in the Mahayana sutra teachings through which one makes progress by developing graded stages of motivation, which act as pathway minds leading to enlightenment. (Berzin Definitions)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>JABL Subject Headings<\/h3>\n
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- Lam-rim<\/a><\/li>\n
- Tsong-kha-pa Blo-bzang-grags-pa, 1357-1419. Lam rim chen mo.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>Five Lamrim Texts by Tsongkhapa<\/h3>\n<\/div>
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
\n<\/strong>\u0f63\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f72\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f46\u0f7a\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f7c\u0f0b (Lam rim chen mo)
\narchive.org: volume 1<\/a>, volume 2<\/a>, volume 3<\/a><\/p>\n\n
- Tsong-kha-pa Blo-bzang-grags-pa and the Lamrim Translation Committee. 2002. The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment<\/em>. Snow Lion Publications. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
The Medium Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
\n<\/strong>\u0f63\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f72\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f60\u0f56\u0fb2\u0f72\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f7c\u0f0b (Lam rim \u2018bring po)<\/p>\n\n
- Quarcoo, Philip, trans., and Yongzin Ling Rinpoche. 2021. The Middle-Length Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment<\/em>. Wisdom Publications. WorldCat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
The Concise Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>\u0f63\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f72\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f66\u0fa1\u0f74\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f51\u0f7c\u0f53\u0f0b (Lam rim bsdus don)
\n(also known as)
\n Song of the Stages of the Path<\/strong>
\n\u0f63\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f72\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f49\u0f58\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f42\u0f74\u0f0b (Lam rim nyams mgu)<\/p>\n\n
- Maureen O\u2019Malley and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, trans. 2020. The Foundation of All Good Qualities<\/em>. FPMT. Lama Zopa Rinpoche Practice Series. (shantidevanyc.org<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
Foundation of All Good Qualities
\n<\/strong>\u0f61\u0f7c\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f4f\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f5e\u0f72\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f42\u0fb1\u0f74\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f0b (Y\u00f6n t\u00e4n zhir gyur ma)
\nTibetan<\/a><\/p>\n\n
- Berzin, Alexander, trans. The Foundation of All Good Qualities.<\/em> Study Buddhism by Berzin Archives. English<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
Three Principal Aspects of the Path
\n<\/strong>\u0f63\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f42\u0fb1\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f42\u0f59\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f62\u0fa3\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0b\u0f42\u0f66\u0f74\u0f58\u0f0b (Lam gyi gtso bo rnam pa gsum)
\nTibetan<\/a><\/p>\n\n
- Thubten Jinpa, trans. 2003. The Three Principal Aspects of the Path<\/em> (tibetanclassics.org<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>Modern Commentaries<\/h3>\n
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- Bstan-‘dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV. 2011. Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment.<\/em> Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Bstan-\u02bcdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, and Guy Newland. 2020. From Here to Enlightenment: An Introduction to Tsong-Kha-Pa\u2019s Classic Text The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment.<\/em> Shambhala Publications. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Bstan-\u02bcdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, Lhakdor, Jeremy Russell, and Tsong-Kha-Pa Blo-Bzang-Grags-Pa. 2019. The Essence of Tsongkhapa\u2019s Teachings: The Dalai Lama on the Three Principle Aspects of the Path<\/em>. Wisdom Publications. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Lhundup Sopa, Geshe. 2004. Steps on the Path to Enlightenment<\/em>. Simon and Schuster. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Yangsi Rinpoche, Tsering Tuladhar, trans., and Namdrol Miranda Adams, ed. 2003. Practicing the Path<\/em>. Simon and Schuster. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Other Lamrim Texts<\/h3>\n
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- Atis\u0301a and Richard Sherburne. 2003. The Complete Works of Ati\u0304s\u0301a S\u0301ri\u0304 Di\u0304pam\u0307kara Jn\u0303a\u0304na, Jo-Bo-Rje: The Lamp for the Path and Commentary, Together with the Newly Translated Twenty-Five Key Texts (Tibetan and English Texts).<\/em> Aditya Prakashan. JABL<\/a> (archive.org<\/a>)<\/li>\n
- Bstan-\u02bcdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, and Thupten Jinpa, trans. 2002. Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment: A Commentary on Atisha Dipamkara Shrijnana’s a Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment and Lama Je Tsong Khapa’s Lines of Experience<\/em>. Thubten Dhargye Ling Publications. JABL<\/a> (archive.org<\/a>)<\/li>\n
- The Eighteen Jangchup Lamrim Commentaries. jangchuplamrim.org<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jinpa, Thupten, Rosemary Patton, and Dagpo Rinpoche, trans. 2022. Stages of the Path and the Oral Transmission: Selected Teachings of the Geluk School.<\/em> Wisdom Publications. WorldCat<\/a><\/li>\n
- Panchen Losang Yesh\u00e9 and Szegee Toh, trans. 2023. The Swift Path: A Meditation Manual on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment.<\/em> Wisdom Publications. WorldCat<\/a><\/li>\n
- Sonam Rinchen, Ruth Sonam, and Ati\u0304s\u0301a. 1997. Atisha\u2019s Lamp for the Path: An Oral Teaching by Geshe Sonam Rinchen<\/em>. Snow Lion Publications. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>Lamrim Teachings<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
His Holiness the Dalai Lama<\/strong><\/p>\n
Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Lehigh University, 2008. (YouTube<\/a>)<\/p>\n
Jangchup Lamrim Teachings<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
From 2012 to 2015, at the request of His Eminence the 7th<\/sup> Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche, and Gaden Shartse Monastery, His Holiness the 14th<\/sup> Dalai Lama kindly bestowed rare and precious transmissions of the 18 Great Lamrim Texts, with His own unique and distinctive commentary. The teachings took place over four years, at the great monastic seats of learning, at Gaden, Drepung, Sera, and Tashi Lhunpo Monasteries, in South India. More than 30,000 people attended each year, while hundreds of thousands watched worldwide, via live webcast.<\/p>\n
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- Gaden Monastery, 2012 \u2014 jangchuplamrim<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Sera Jey Monastery, 2013 \u2014 jangchuplamrim<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Ganden Monastery, 2014 \u2014 jangchuplamrim<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, 2015 \u2014 jangchuplamrim<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Bhik\u1e63u\u1e47\u012b Thubten Chodron<\/strong><\/p>\n
Lamrim Teachings:<\/p>\n
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- 1: Foundations of the Path \u2014 thubtenchodron.org<\/a><\/li>\n
- 2: Initial Scope \u2014 thubtenchodron.org<\/a><\/li>\n
- 3: Intermediate Scope \u2014 thubtenchodron.org<\/a><\/li>\n
- 4: Advanced Scope \u2014 thubtenchodron.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Guided Meditations on the Lamrim: Study Guide \u2014 thubtenchodron.org<\/a><\/p>\n
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<\/div>\nIndian Sources<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
\nBodhisattvabh\u016bmi<\/strong>
\nBodhisattva Bhumis (Asan\u0307ga)
\n\u0f56\u0fb1\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f46\u0f74\u0f56\u0f0b\u0f66\u0f7a\u0f58\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f51\u0f54\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f66\u0f0b (Byang chub sems dpa\u2019i sa)<\/p>\n\n
- Asan\u0307ga, and Artemus B Engle. 2016. The Bodhisattva Path to Unsurpassed Enlightenment: A Complete Translation of the Bodhisattvabhu\u0304mi.<\/em> Snow Lion JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
\n\u015aik\u1e63\u0101samuccaya<\/strong>
\nCompendium of Training (S\u0301a\u0304ntideva)
\n\u0f56\u0f66\u0fb3\u0f56\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0b\u0f40\u0f74\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f63\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f4f\u0f74\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f5a\u0f72\u0f42\u0f0b\u0f63\u0f7a\u0f60\u0f74\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f56\u0fb1\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0b (Bslab pa kun las btus pa\u2019i tshig le\u2019ur bya ba)
\nSanskrit<\/a> Tibetan<\/a><\/p>\n\n
- S\u0301a\u0304ntideva, Cecil Bendall, and W. H. D. Rouse. 2006. S\u0301iks\u0325a\u0304 samuccaya: A Compendium of Buddhist Doctrine<\/em>. Motilal Banarsidass. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- S\u0301a\u0304ntideva, and Charles Goodman. 2016. The Training Anthology of S\u0301a\u0304ntideva: Translation of the S\u0301iks\u0323a\u0304-Samuccaya.<\/em> Oxford University Press. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
\nBodhisattvacary\u0101vat\u0101ra<\/strong>
\nA Guide to the Bodhisattva\u2019s Way of Life (\u015a\u0101ntideva)
\n\u0f56\u0fb1\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f46\u0f74\u0f56\u0f0b\u0f66\u0f7a\u0f58\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f51\u0f54\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f66\u0fa4\u0fb1\u0f7c\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0b\u0f63\u0f0b\u0f60\u0f47\u0f74\u0f42\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0b (Byang chub sems dpa\u2019i spyod pa la \u2018jug pa)
\nSanskrit<\/a> Tibetan<\/a><\/p>\n\n
- \u015a\u0101ntideva and Comite\u0301 De Traduction Padmakara. 2008. The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyavatara<\/em>. Shambhala. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- \u015a\u0101ntideva and Stephen Batchelor. 2012. A Guide to the Bodhisattva\u2019s Way of Life<\/em>. Boston: Snow Lion. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
\nSuh\u1e5bllekha<\/strong>
\nLetter to a Friend (Na\u0304ga\u0304rjuna)
\n\u0f56\u0f64\u0f7a\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f66\u0fa4\u0fb2\u0f72\u0f44\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f61\u0f72\u0f42\u0f0b (Bshes pa\u2019i springs yig)
\nSanskrit<\/a> Tibetan<\/a><\/p>\n\n
- Na\u0304ga\u0304rjuna and Alexander Berzin (trans.) \u201cLetter to a Friend.\u201d Study Buddhism by Berzin Archives.<\/em> English<\/a> \/ Tibetan<\/a><\/li>\n
- Na\u0304ga\u0304rjuna, Red-mda\u02bc-ba Gzhon-nu-blo-gros, Lobsang Tharchin, and Artemus B Engle (eds.) 1979. Na\u0304ga\u0304rjuna\u2019s Letter: Na\u0304ga\u0304rjuna\u2019s \u201cLetter to a Friend\u201d with a Commentary by Venerable Rendawa Zho\u0308n-Nu Lo-Dro\u0308<\/em>. Library of Tibetan Works & Archives. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
\nAbhisamay\u0101la\u1e45k\u0101ra<\/strong>
\nOrnament of Clear Realization (Maitreya )
\n\u0f58\u0f44\u0f7c\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f9f\u0f7c\u0f42\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f53\u0f0b (Mngon rtogs rgyan)<\/p>\n\n
- Hopkins, Jeffrey and Jongbok Yi. 2015. Maitreya\u2019s Ornament for the Clear Realizations.<\/em> UMA Institute for Tibetan Studies. (uma-tibet.org)<\/a><\/li>\n
- Maitreyanatha, Arya Vimuktisena (Vrtti), Haribhadra (Aloka), and Gareth Sparham. 2015. Abhisamayalamkara with Vrtti and Aloka. Vols. 1-4<\/em>. Jain Publishing. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
\nRatn\u0101val\u012b<\/strong> or Ratnam\u0101la<\/strong>
\nPrecious Garland (Nagarjuna)
\n\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f63\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f63\u0f0b\u0f42\u0f4f\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f56\u0fb1\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f72\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f46\u0f7a\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f55\u0fb2\u0f7a\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f0b (Rgyal po la gtam bya ba rin po che\u2019i phreng ba)
\nTibetan<\/a><\/p>\n\n
- Na\u0304ga\u0304rjuna and Jeffrey Hopkins. 1998. \u201cPrecious Garland.\u201d In Nagarjuna\u2019s Precious Garland: Buddhist Advice for Living and Liberation, <\/em>94-164. Snow Lion Publications. JABL<\/a> (tir50.ch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
\nAbhidharmako\u015ba<\/strong>
\nTreasury of Abhidharma (Vasubandhu)
\n\u0f46\u0f7c\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f44\u0f7c\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f5b\u0f7c\u0f51\u0f0b (Chos mngon pa\u2019i mdzod)<\/p>\n\n
- Vasubandhu, E\u0301tienne Louis, and Leo M Pruden. 1988. Abhidharmakos\u0301abha\u0304s\u0323yam<\/em>. Asian Humanities Press. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- The Universal Vehicle Discourse by Asan\u0307ga, Maitreyan\u0101tha & Vasubandhu (Mah\u0101y\u0101nas\u016btr\u0101la\u1e41k\u0101ra)
\nAsan\u0307ga, Maitreyana\u0304tha, Vasubandhu, Robert A. F. Thurman, and L. Jamspal. 2004. The Universal Vehicle Discourse Literature = Maha\u0304ya\u0304nasu\u0304tra\u0304lam\u0307ka\u0304ra<\/em>. American Institute of Buddhist Studies.