Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment

Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment

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.
Country USA
Brand Snow Lion Publications
Manufacturer Snow Lion
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781559390828
Color Gold
ReleaseDate 1997-01-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781559390828

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