Overview
The Brilliantly Illuminating Lamp of the Five Stages (rim lnga rab tu gsal baāi sgron me) is Tsong Khapaās most important commentary on the perfection-stage practices of the Esoteric Community (Guhyasamaja), the tantra he considered fundamental for the practice of the āfather tantraā class of unexcelled yoga tantras. It draws heavily on Nagarjunaās Five Stages (PaƱcakrama) and Aryadevaās Lamp that Integrates the Practices (CaryamelapakaĀpradipa), as well as a vast range of perfection-stage works included in the Tibetan canonical (Kangyur and Tengyur) collections. It is an important work for both scholars and practitioners. A reader of this work will find in it convincing evidence for Tsong Khapaās own yogic experience and attainment, in coordination with his better-known philosophical and scholarly achievements.
The present revised edition of the work is a cornerstone of the Complete Works of Jey Tsong Khapa and Sons collection, a subset of the Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences series. Comprised of the collected works of Tsong Khapa (1357ā1419) and his spiritual sons, Gyaltsap Darma Rinchen (1364ā1432) and Khedrup Gelek Pelsang (1385ā1438), the numerous works in this set of Tibetan treatises and supercommentaries are based on the thousands of works inĀ the Tibetan Buddhist canon.
This book title, The Brilliantly Illuminating Lamp of the Five Stages, ISBN: 9781949163087, by Tsong Khapa, Robert Thurman, published by Wisdom Publications (August 6, 2019) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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