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ISSN 2753-4812
ISSN 2753-4812

Lamrim Series

Lamrim

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Texts on the subject of the graduated path (lam rim), which was introduced to Tibet by Atiśa in his most important work Lamp for the Path of Awakening (Bodhipathapradīpa) and subsequently adopted by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism, especially the Kadam and Gelug.

Advice

by Atiśa Dīpaṃkara
This short text, Atiśa Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna's most famous and important work, served to establish lamrim, the 'graduated path', as a genre of Tibetan literature and to introduce the three types of being (skyes bu gsum) as a significant typology. It is included in the Middle Way section of the Tengyur (Toh 3947).
Tengyur Damngak Dzö
by Gampopa Sonam Rinchen
This brief text in twelve stanzas summarizes the paths of the three levels of spiritual capacity—lesser, intermediate and great—from the Lamrim teachings and conveys the so-called Four Dharmas: 1) turning the mind to the Dharma, 2) Dharma progressing along the path, 3) the path clarifying confusion, and 4) confusion dawning as wisdom.
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A comprehensive guide to the Mahāyāna path in the Sakya tradition written at the behest of a lama referred to as Kangyurpa.
Advice Sakya Vehicles
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
These verses of advice for renunciant meditators (spong ba bsam gtan pa) cover the entire Buddhist path, from instructions on following a spiritual friend through to the most advanced generation and perfection phase practices.
Advice Khyentse Kabab
by Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa
One of the great Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa's most famous teachings, this short text highlights the importance of renunciation, the motivation of bodhicitta, and the wisdom that realises the nature of things.
Mind Training (Lojong) Damngak Dzö

Commentaries

by Gompa Tsultrim Nyingpo
A commentary on the text by Gampopa Sonam Rinchen entitled The Root of Dakpo's Four Dharmas: A Precious Garland for the Supreme Path of the Three Types of Individual.
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Khyentse Wangpo composed this commentary to The Essence of Nectar: Graduated Stages of the Path (lam rim bdud rtsi'i snying po) at the request of Chöying Palden, who had also requested the original root verses. The text covers every stage of the paths according to the vehicles of the transcendent perfections (pāramitā) and secret mantra.
Advice Khyentse Kabab

Guru Yoga

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A simple practice of guru yoga, which features Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö indivisible from Guru Padmasambhava in the form of Orgyen Dorje Chang, the Vajradhara of Oḍḍiyāna, and which includes an aspiration for the stages of the path according to the Great Perfection, or Dzogchen.
Guru Yoga

Prayers

by Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa
This very short prayer of aspiration, just seven quatrains long, focuses on accomplishing the stages of the path (lamrim) as a means to benefit all beings.
Aspiration Prayers
by Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa
This concise prayer of just fourteen stanzas encapsulates the entire teaching of the graduated path (Tib. lamrim) to enlightenment, including both sūtra and tantra.
Prayers

Related Topics

Advice Mind Training (Lojong) Stages and Paths Vehicles

Je Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa

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BDRC T238 (lam rim)

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