From here to enlightenment : an introduction to Tsong-kha-pa's classic text the Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment / His Holiness the Dalai Lama ; translated, edited, and annotated by Guy Newland.
Publication Info.
Boston : Snow Lion, an imprint of Shambhala Publications, 2013.
[Place of distribution not identified] : Penguin Random House, 2013.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-201).
Contents
Deep connections -- The grad value of this teaching -- The heart of Buddhism -- Buddhist answers to big question -- Four noble truths -- How to practice -- The meaning of human life -- Liberation and love -- The spirit of enlightenment -- Compassion in action -- Serenity -- The purpose of emptiness -- Reality and dependent arising -- Finding the middle way -- Toward Buddhahood.
Summary
In 2008, celebrating the long-awaited completion of the English translation of the Great Treatise, the Dalai Lama gave a historic six-day teaching at Lehigh University to explain the meaning of the text and underscore its importance. The basic topics of Buddhism are woven together for his Western audience.
