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Summary: cooking receipt to get out of samsara
Review: geat, take ur time, read only some pages at a time, apply what u read and get out of suffering and help everyone to get out of suffering! cool!
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Summary: ARGUABLY MOST IMPORTANT BOOK IN TIBETAN LITERATURE
Review: If you are very well versed in Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism, this is a great book. But it's not for the casual reader. It's a hard read. But for someone with a good Buddhist background, this is a must-read. I did, however, has a problem with some of the guidelines laid down in the book. I felt they were not the true teachings that I have come to learn about Buddhism. For example, in the teaching about sexuality, it admonished men that it was okay to hire a prostitute. I didn't think that was an especially enlightened admonishment. Furthermore, it totally ignored how a woman should behave. This is quite a turn off as it is one reason many women turn off of all religions. It also didn't allow tolerance for other traditions. This goes against everything I hear HH The Dalai Lama speak about. So I did have some problems with the text and I'm not sure how true to the traditional oral tradition of Tibetan Buddhism it remains. I would welcome other thoughts on this.
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Summary: THE treatise on Tibetan Buddhism
Review: Je Tsong Kha Pa's Stages of the Path of Enlightenment, is arguably the single most important work ever produced about Tibetan Buddhism. This great Buddhist adept masterfully fashioned a cogent and logical exploration of the steps, that faithfully followed, could lead to Enlightenment in a single lifetime. The scholars involved in this translation are a veritable "Who's Who" of Tibetan Buddhist thought in the West. This eminently readable and thoroughly researched volume should be in the library of anyone who is interested in this rich spiritual tradition.
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Summary: THE treatise on Tibetan Buddhism
Review: Je Tsong Kha Pa's Stages of the Path of Enlightenment, is arguably the single most important work ever produced about Tibetan Buddhism. This great Buddhist adept masterfully fashioned a cogent and logical exploration of the steps, that faithfully followed, could lead to Enlightenment in a single lifetime. The scholars involved in this translation are a veritable "Who's Who" of Tibetan Buddhist thought in the West. This eminently readable and thoroughly researched volume should be in the library of anyone who is interested in this rich spiritual tradition.
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Summary: Excellent clear translation
Review: The Lam Rim Chen Mo is unquestionably one of the most cherished books in the Tibetan tradition. In it is lucidly and extensively detailed the precise stages of training the mind in the path to enlightenment. It is adorned with quotations from the Sutras, Indian Commentaries and Early Kadampa masters such as Lama Atisha. This particular translation is very clear and well done, with well written annotations and a glossary of terms.I would recommend this book to any serious student of Buddhism. I found the lam rim in general difficult to understand at first so if you are a newer student I would recommend a shorter lamrim like The Path to Freedom by His Holiness. Also :) I just wanted to answer some of the criticisms of the previous review: Lama Tsong Khapa is not telling people that they should hire a prostitute, he is merely saying that it is not a path of non-virtue to do so. This is not Lama Tsong Khapa's assertion but one that comes from the Sutras themselves. Also about the assertion in the last review that we should not tolerate other religious traditions, I don't know where in the Lam Rim the previous review got this idea from. In the section on taking refuge it mentions that we should refuse to acknowledge other refuges, but this is not saying we should not tolerate them. What Lama Tsong Khapa appears to be saying is that for our own individal practice of refuge we should understand the Triple Gem as the unique and worthy object of our refuge. Lama Tsong Khapa himself studied under teachers from many traditions including Nying-ma, Sakya and Kargyu so it would be difficult to accuse him of being biased to one tradition. I do not mean to criticize the previous reviewer, just correct some misinterpretations that might discourage people from buying this wonderful book.
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Summary: An essential companion
Review: The work that this is a translation of has been the foundation and guide for my life for more than twenty years. I consider the source work itself to be a useful component to any person studying or practicing ANY spiritual path. Tsonkhapa was a great academic, and his writing is particularly rigourous. He lays his thoughts out with clarity and deliberation, and this work is no exception. As a guide for life, it is my opinion that it is better if one can find someone to guide one through the book, -there are many references to stories and events that are not all explained by footnotes, however, this edition is definately a superb reader and essential companion. The translation committee have had to work very hard in order to achieve an exemplar, and definitive English translation, and in my humble opinion, have done very well indeed. There is the occasional Americanism, (so it is translated into American English, rather than International English), and sometimes the choice of term is not so intuitive for the well-read student of Buddhism (e.g. 'trailblazer' for 'Mahayana') Regardless, other than posting the translation into a CVS repository for the global Buddhist community, I cannot imagine a better approach to this essential work. We wait with respect for the second and third volumes.
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Summary: ARGUABLY MOST IMPORTANT BOOK IN TIBETAN LITERATURE
Review: This book is a must read for people familiar with the Buddhist path. It provides a general framework for how all the different practices and teachings fit, in relation to one another and the Buddhist path more generally. In response to some of the critiques of the book below, the book must be taken within its historical context. Tibet was a patriarchial culture and Tsong-kha-pa did see Buddhism as a superior path to other paths. That said, Tsong-kha-pa's comments on these things need to be taken with a grain of salt and it is much better to look to current teachers, such as the Dalai Lama, for advice on these topics.
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Summary: Correct the Correction
Review: This is incorrect. Lam Rim Chen Mo is the Tibetan Title of the Root Text by Je Tsongkapa. *not* the translator's name. Reviewer: A reader from Blairstown, New Jersey United States
In regards to the "corrected info" that I sent in dated Dec 30, 2001 I am humbled to say I am wrong. The material was translated by Lam Rim Chen Mo. Can you please delete the "corrected info I sent. Thank You
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Summary: Thorough description on Buddhist path
Review: Tsong Kha Pa tends to be very analytical in his discussions. This book is no exception. It is the first of a series of 3 to translate his Lam Rim text, bringing the reader through teachings for the small and middle capacity to Bodhichitta. The second text, when published will describe the Bodhisattva path, followed by the third which will focus on concentration and wisdom. For those who wish to thoroughly investigate or understand the entire Buddhist path, this compendium is absolutely wonderful. It is a great complement to Yin Shun's "The Way to Buddhahood."
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Summary: A classic and renowned work of Tibetan Buddhism
Review: Tsong-Kay-Pa (1357-1419) was the founder of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, the Ganden Monastery, one of Tibet's most renowned and influential philosophers, and a prolific writer. His works run into eighteen volumes covering the full range of Buddhist thought and practice, combining a profound meditative spirituality with meticulous reasoning. The Great Treatise On The Stages Of The Path To Enlightenment, translated for the first time into English by Lam Rim Chen Mo, is a classic and renowned work of Tibetan Buddhism, as well as an invaluable addition to any personal or scholarly Buddhist studies collection.
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