བྱང་ཆབ་ལམ་གྱ་སྒྲན་མ p10

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Atiśa’s masterwork is the foundational text for the “stages of the path” (lam rim) genre so prominent in Tibetan Buddhist literature. Gampopa’s Jeweled Ornament of Liberation (dam chos yid bzhin nor bu thar pa rin po che’i rgyan), Tsongkhapa’s Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path (lam rim chen mo), and Longchenpa’s Finding Rest in the Nature of Mind (sems nyid ngal gso), seminal classics of the Kagyü, Gelug, and Nyingma schools respectively, all draw their basic framework from Atiśa’s Lamp for the Path. Given that this is one of the most foundational texts in Tibetan Buddhism, one which shaped the tradition as we know it today, it is a great honour to present this English translation.[5] May it be of benefit!