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class="mw-redirect" title="Sakya (Tibetan Buddhist school)">Sakya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodongpa" title="Bodongpa">Bodong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kagyu" title="Kagyu">Kagyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonang" title="Jonang">Jonang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gelug" title="Gelug">Gelug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rim%C3%A9_movement" title="Rimé movement">Rimé</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#FFEBC2;color:black; text-align:center; background-color: #FFEBC2; border: 2px solid #FFEBC2;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Buddhists#Tibetan" title="List of Buddhists">Key personalities</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="background-color: #FAE3A8; border: 2px solid #FAE3A8"> <dl><dt>First dissemination<br /></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Padmasambh%C4%81va" class="mw-redirect" title="Padmasambhāva">Padmasambhāva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9A%C4%81ntarak%E1%B9%A3ita" title="Śāntarakṣita">Śāntarakṣita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamala%C5%9B%C4%ABla" title="Kamalaśīla">Kamalaśīla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Songtsen_Gampo" title="Songtsen Gampo">Songtsen Gampo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trisong_Detsen" title="Trisong Detsen">Trisong Detsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralpacan" title="Ralpacan">Ralpacan</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Second dissemination<br /></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ati%C5%9Ba" title="Atiśa">Atiśa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilopa" title="Tilopa">Talika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naropa" title="Naropa">Abhayakirti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niguma" title="Niguma">Niguma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhasiddhi" title="Sukhasiddhi">Sukhasiddhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milarepa" title="Milarepa">Milarepa</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Nyingma</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yeshe_Tsogyal" title="Yeshe Tsogyal">Yeshe Tsogyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longchenpa" title="Longchenpa">Longchenpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jigme_Lingpa" title="Jigme Lingpa">Jigme Lingpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrul_Rinpoche" title="Patrul Rinpoche">Patrul Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudjom_Lingpa" title="Dudjom Lingpa">Dudjom Lingpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamgon_Ju_Mipham_Gyatso" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso">Mipham</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Kagyu<br /></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marpa_Lotsawa" title="Marpa Lotsawa">Marpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangjung_Dorje,_3rd_Karmapa_Lama" title="Rangjung Dorje, 3rd Karmapa Lama">Rangjung Dorje</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Jonang<br /></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dolpopa_Sherab_Gyaltsen" title="Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen">Dolpopa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taranatha" title="Taranatha">Taranatha</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Sakya<br /></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sakya_Pandita" title="Sakya Pandita">Sakya Pandita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorampa" title="Gorampa">Gorampa</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Bodongpa<br /></dt></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Samding_Dorje_Phagmo" title="Samding Dorje Phagmo">Samding Dorje Phagmo</a> </p> <dl><dt>Gelugpa<br /></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Je_Tsongkhapa" title="Je Tsongkhapa">Je Tsongkhapa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Dalai_Lama" title="5th Dalai Lama">5th Dalai Lama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Dalai_Lama" title="13th Dalai Lama">13th Dalai Lama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama" title="14th Dalai Lama">14th Dalai Lama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choekyi_Gyaltsen,_10th_Panchen_Lama" title="Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama">10th Panchen Lama</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#FFEBC2;color:black; text-align:center; background-color: #FFEBC2; border: 2px solid #FFEBC2;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_Buddhism" title="Glossary of Buddhism">Teachings</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="background-color: #FAE3A8; border: 2px solid #FAE3A8"> <dl><dt>General Buddhist</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Three_marks_of_existence" title="Three marks of existence">Three marks of existence</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Skandha" title="Skandha">Skandha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_cosmology" title="Buddhist cosmology">Cosmology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra_(Buddhism)" title="Saṃsāra (Buddhism)"><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Saṃsāra</i></span></a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rebirth_(Buddhism)" title="Rebirth (Buddhism)">Rebirth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodhisattva" title="Bodhisattva">Bodhisattva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharma_(Buddhism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dharma (Buddhism)">Dharma</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prat%C4%ABtyasamutp%C4%81da" title="Pratītyasamutpāda">Dependent origination</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karma_in_Buddhism" title="Karma in Buddhism">Karma</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Tibetan</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Four_Tenets_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Four Tenets system">Four Tenets system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangtong-Shentong" class="mw-redirect" title="Rangtong-Shentong">Rangtong-Shentong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Svatantrika-Prasa%E1%B9%85gika_distinction" class="mw-redirect" title="Svatantrika-Prasaṅgika distinction">Svatantrika-Prasaṅgika distinction</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Nyingma</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dzogchen" title="Dzogchen">Dzogchen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pointing-out_instruction" title="Pointing-out instruction">Pointing-out instruction</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#FFEBC2;color:black; text-align:center; background-color: 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yoga">Guru yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dream_yoga" title="Dream yoga">Dream yoga</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tukdam" title="Tukdam">Thukdam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhahood" title="Buddhahood">Buddhahood</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#FFEBC2;color:black; text-align:center; background-color: #FFEBC2; border: 2px solid #FFEBC2;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Tibetan_monasteries" title="List of Tibetan monasteries">Major monasteries</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="background-color: #FAE3A8; border: 2px solid #FAE3A8"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tradruk_Temple" title="Tradruk Temple">Tradruk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drepung_Monastery" title="Drepung Monastery">Drepung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzogchen_Monastery" title="Dzogchen Monastery">Dzogchen</a></li></ul> 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mw-collapsible-content" style="background-color: #FAE3A8; border: 2px solid #FAE3A8"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Tibetan_Buddhism" title="History of Tibetan Buddhism">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Buddhism" title="Timeline of Buddhism">Timeline</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Buddhism" title="Outline of Buddhism">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Buddhism" title="Culture of Buddhism">Culture</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Buddhism-related_articles" title="Index of Buddhism-related articles">Index of articles</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar 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href="/wiki/Template:Tibetan_Buddhism_sidebar" title="Template:Tibetan Buddhism sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Tibetan_Buddhism_sidebar" title="Template talk:Tibetan Buddhism sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Tibetan_Buddhism_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Tibetan Buddhism sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lamrim</b> (Tibetan: "stages of the path") is a <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan Buddhist">Tibetan Buddhist</a> textual form for presenting the stages in the complete path to <a href="/wiki/Enlightenment_in_Buddhism" title="Enlightenment in Buddhism">enlightenment</a> as taught by <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Buddha</a>. In Tibetan Buddhist history there have been many different versions of <i>lamrim</i>, presented by different teachers of the <a href="/wiki/Nyingma" title="Nyingma">Nyingma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kagyu" title="Kagyu">Kagyu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gelug" title="Gelug">Gelug</a> schools.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, all versions of the <i>lamrim</i> are elaborations of <a href="/wiki/Atisha" class="mw-redirect" title="Atisha">Atiśa</a>'s 11th-century root text <i><a href="/wiki/Bodhipathaprad%C4%ABpa" title="Bodhipathapradīpa">A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment</a></i> (<i>Bodhipathapradīpa</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-thubten_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thubten-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lamrim&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks" style="width:16.0em;border-collapse:collapse; 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Based upon this request he wrote the <i><a href="/wiki/Bodhipathaprad%C4%ABpa" title="Bodhipathapradīpa">Bodhipathapradīpa</a></i> ("A Lamp for the Path to Awakening"), teaching what came to be known as the <i>lamrim</i> for the Tibetans.<sup id="cite_ref-vajraus_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vajraus-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Atiśa's presentation of the doctrine later became known as the <a href="/wiki/Kadampa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kadampa">Kadampa</a> tradition in Tibet. </p><p>According to Tsong Khapa, in his <i>Lam Rim Chen Mo</i> ("The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment"), Atiśa took the number and order of the subjects in <a href="/wiki/Maitreya-natha" class="mw-redirect" title="Maitreya-natha">Maitreya-natha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asanga" title="Asanga">Asaṅgas</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Abhisamayalankara" title="Abhisamayalankara">Abhisamayalankara</a></i> ("Ornament of clear realizations"), which was based on the <a href="/wiki/Prajnaparamita" title="Prajnaparamita">wisdom sutras</a>, as the basis to write the <i>Bodhipathapradīpa</i>. In the <i>Abhisamayalankara</i> they emphasised the hidden meanings of the sutras.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tibetan Buddhists thus believe that the teachings of the <i>lamrim</i> are based on the sutras that the Buddha taught<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kadampa_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kadampa-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and therefore contains the essential points of all sutra teachings in their logical order for practice. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Gampopa" title="Gampopa">Gampopa</a>, a Kadampa monk and student of the famed <i>yogi</i> <a href="/wiki/Milarepa" title="Milarepa">Milarepa</a>, introduced the <i>lamrim</i> to his disciples as a way of developing the mind gradually. His exposition of <i>lamrim</i> is known in English translation as "<a href="/wiki/The_Jewel_Ornament_of_Liberation" title="The Jewel Ornament of Liberation">The Jewel Ornament of Liberation</a>" and is studied to this day in the various <a href="/wiki/Kagyu" title="Kagyu">Kagyu</a> schools of Tibetan Buddhism. </p><p>The main Lam Rim text in the Nyingma tradition is <a href="/wiki/Longchenpa" title="Longchenpa">Longchen Rabjampa's</a> <i>Finding Rest in the Nature of Mind,</i> along with its voluminous auto-commentary, <i>The Great Chariot.</i> Both lay out the entire scope of the buddhist teachings according to the view of the <a href="/wiki/Nyingma" title="Nyingma">Nyingma</a> school, from the foundational practices through to <a href="/wiki/Dzogchen" title="Dzogchen">Dzogchen</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tsongkhapa" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsongkhapa">Tsongkhapa</a>, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Gelug" title="Gelug">Gelug</a> school which is primarily based on Atiśa's <a href="/wiki/Kadampa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kadampa">Kadampa</a> school, wrote one of his masterpieces on <i>lamrim</i>: <i>The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path of Enlightenment</i> (Tib. <i>Lam-rim Chen-mo</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-thubten_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thubten-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which has about 1000 pages, and is primarily based on literary sources. There is also a medium-length <i>lamrim</i> text by Tsongkhapa (200 pages) and a short one, called <i>Lam-rim Dü-dön</i> (Tib.), which is recited daily by many Gelugpas and is about 10 pages long.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Lamrim was the first Tibetan text translated into a European language by <a href="/wiki/Ippolito_Desideri" title="Ippolito Desideri">Ippolito Desideri</a>, a Jesuit missionary, who visited Tibet and made an extensive study of Tibetan Buddhism from 1716 to 1721.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Desideri studied the Lam Rim Chen Mo of Tsongkhapa, and his manuscript describing Tibet was one of the most extensive and accurate accounts of Buddhist philosophy until the twentieth century. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philosophy">Philosophy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lamrim&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Philosophy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Three_kinds_of_motivation">Three kinds of motivation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lamrim&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Three kinds of motivation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The starting point of the <i>lamrim</i> is a division of Buddhist practitioners into beings of three scopes, based upon the motivation of their religious activity. Disregarded in this division are individuals whose motives revolve around benefits in their current life. Striving for a favorable rebirth is implicitly the minimum requirement for an activity or practice to be classified as spiritual. </p><p>Atiśa wrote in "Lamp of the Path" (verse 2) that one should understand that there are three kind of persons: </p> <ol><li>Persons of modest motive search for happiness within <a href="/wiki/Samsara" class="mw-redirect" title="Samsara">samsara</a>; their motive is to achieve high rebirth. Buddhists traditionally consider that this domain includes followers of most non-Buddhist religions who strive for a rebirth in a heaven.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Persons of medium motive are searching for their own ultimate peace and abandoned worldly pleasure. This includes the paths of <i><a href="/wiki/Pratyekabuddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Pratyekabuddha">pratyekabuddhas</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Sravakabuddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Sravakabuddha">śravakabuddhas</a></i>, which seek personal liberation alone, the traditional goal of <a href="/wiki/Hinayana" title="Hinayana">Hīnayāna</a> practice.</li> <li>Persons of high motive, who, based on their insight of their own suffering, seek by all means to stop the suffering of all beings. This is the <a href="/wiki/Mahayana" title="Mahayana">Mahāyāna</a> <a href="/wiki/Bodhisattva_path" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodhisattva path">Bodhisattva path</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Samyaksambuddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Samyaksambuddha">samyaksaṃbuddhas</a></i>, who practice the <a href="/wiki/Six_Perfections" class="mw-redirect" title="Six Perfections">six Perfections</a>.</li></ol> <p>One of the formulaic presentations of the Buddhist path in the Nikayas is <i><a href="/wiki/Anupubbikath%C4%81" title="Anupubbikathā">anupubbikathā</a></i>, "graduated talk"<sup id="cite_ref-CA_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or "progressive instruction,"<sup id="cite_ref-MN_v18_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MN_v18-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in which the Buddha talks on generosity (<i><a href="/wiki/Dana_(Buddhism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dana (Buddhism)">dāna</a></i>), virtue (<i><a href="/wiki/%C5%9A%C4%ABla" class="mw-redirect" title="Śīla">sīla</a></i>), heaven (<i><a href="/wiki/Sagga" class="mw-redirect" title="Sagga">sagga</a></i>), danger of sensual pleasure (<i><a href="/wiki/K%C4%81ma" class="mw-redirect" title="Kāma"><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">kāmānaṃ</i></span></a> ādīnava</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and renunciation (<i><a href="/wiki/Nekkhamma" title="Nekkhamma">nekkhamma</a></i>). When the listener is prepared by these topics, the Buddha then delivers "the teaching special to the Buddhas,"<sup id="cite_ref-MN_v18_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MN_v18-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths" title="Four Noble Truths">Four Noble Truths</a> (<i>cattāri ariya-<a href="/wiki/Sacca" title="Sacca">saccāni</a></i>),<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by which arises "the spotless immaculate vision of the Dhamma."<sup id="cite_ref-MN_v18_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MN_v18-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CA_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Tibetan Lamrim teachings, the Bodhisattva-path, with its training of the six perfections, is added to this formula. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subjects_of_the_lamrim">Subjects of the <i>lamrim</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lamrim&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Subjects of the lamrim"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although <i>lamrim</i> texts cover much the same subject areas, subjects within them may be arranged in different ways. The <i>lamrim</i> of Atiśa starts with <a href="/wiki/Bodhicitta" title="Bodhicitta">bodhicitta</a>, the altruistic mind of enlightenment, followed by taking the bodhisattva vows. Gampopa's <i>lamrim</i>, however, starts with the <a href="/wiki/Buddha-nature" title="Buddha-nature">Buddha-nature</a>, followed by the preciousness of human rebirth. Tsongkhapa's texts start with reliance on a guru (Tib.: <i>lama</i>), followed by the preciousness of human rebirth, and continue with the paths of the modest, medium and high scopes. Longchenpa's lamrim begins with the four thoughts that turn the mind, and proceeds through to the two stages of vajrayana practice and dzogchen. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Gampopa" title="Gampopa">Gampopa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsongkhapa" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsongkhapa">Tsongkhapa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Longchenpa" title="Longchenpa">Longchenpa</a>, and others, expanded the short root-text of Atiśa into an extensive system to understand the entire Buddhist philosophy. In this way, subjects like <a href="/wiki/Karma" title="Karma">karma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rebirth_(Buddhism)" title="Rebirth (Buddhism)">rebirth</a>, Buddhist cosmology and the practice of <a href="/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation">meditation</a> are gradually explained in logical order. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Outline_of_Topics">Outline of Topics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lamrim&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Outline of Topics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An example of the outline for <i>lamrim</i> teachings is that of <i>Liberation in the Palm of your Hand</i> by <a href="/wiki/Pabongkhapa_D%C3%A9chen_Nyingpo" title="Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo">Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo</a>. An abbreviated and annotated outline follows to show the structure of this <i>lamrim</i>:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Introduction</dt></dl> <ul><li>the identities and lineages of the authors of the <i>lamrim</i> (<a href="/wiki/Shakyamuni_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakyamuni Buddha">Shakyamuni Buddha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atisha" class="mw-redirect" title="Atisha">Atisha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dromtoenpa" class="mw-redirect" title="Dromtoenpa">Dromtoenpa</a>, etc.), to establish the authenticity of the teaching</li> <li>the greatness of the <i>lamrim</i> itself, to gain respect for it</li> <li>the way the instructions are to be received and given</li> <li>the way the students are to be guided through the subjects. This fourth subject has two divisions:</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>the way to rely on a spiritual guide</li> <li>the way to train your mind on the basis of the correct way to rely on the spiritual guide. This last heading contains the rest of the instructions under the headings:</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>the way to encourage yourself to take the essence of this precious human rebirth</li> <li>the way to take the essence of this precious human rebirth (that is: training your mind in the paths of the three scopes included within the <i>lamrim</i>)</li></ul></dd></dl></dd></dl> <dl><dt>The path shared with persons who have the modest scope motivation</dt></dl> <p>Striving for a rebirth in the upper realms: </p> <ul><li>the reality that this life will end and that you will die</li> <li>the suffering in a rebirth in the lower realms (a rebirth as hell being, hungry ghost or animal, which you want to avoid)</li> <li>(so you) take refuge in the three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma and Sangha</li> <li>(and adjust your behavior of body, speech and mind according to the) law of cause and effect/ karma which will lead you to a favorable rebirth within cyclic existence in the human-, demigod-, or god realm.</li></ul> <dl><dt>The path shared with persons who have the medium scope motivation</dt></dl> <p>Striving for liberation of cyclic existence. The training in the medium scope path will lead to the development of the wish to be liberated from all un-free rebirths in cyclic existence through the power of afflictive emotions and karma. It consists of: </p> <ul><li>The Four Noble Truths:</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>The truth of suffering (in cyclic existence in general, including the favorable rebirths)</li> <li>The truth of the causes of suffering (the afflictive emotions, especially ignorance)</li> <li>The truth of cessation (there is a state that is free of suffering and its origins)</li> <li>The truth of paths (the way to attain this state free of suffering and its causes by practicing ethics, concentration and wisdom)</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>Another presentation of the middle scope subjects is the presentation of the 12 links of dependent arising</li></ul> <dl><dt>The path for persons who have the high scope motivation</dt></dl> <p>Striving for complete buddhahood: </p> <ul><li>Developing <a href="/wiki/Bodhicitta" title="Bodhicitta">mind of enlightenment</a> (<i>bodhicitta</i>), the wish to become a buddha for the welfare of all sentient beings:</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>the advantages of the mind of enlightenment;</li> <li>the way to develop the mind of enlightenment</li> <li>the 7-point instruction in seeing all sentient beings as your mothers (from previous lives and contemplating their kindness towards you)</li> <li>the instruction on how to exchange your self-interest for others' interest (by looking at the drawbacks of self-cherishing and the advantages of cherishing others)</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>the way to train your mind after developing the mind of enlightenment, by training the six perfections:</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>training in the perfection of generosity</li> <li>training in the perfection of ethics</li> <li>training in the perfection of patience</li> <li>training in the perfection of joyful effort</li> <li>training in the perfection of concentration</li> <li>training in the perfection of wisdom</li></ul></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gelug_Lamrim_tradition">Gelug Lamrim tradition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lamrim&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gelug Lamrim tradition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The study of Lamrim is a major focus of the Gelug school and numerous Gelug figures wrote Lamrim works. A collection of important Lamrim works is known as the Eight Great Commentaries (on Atisha's <i>Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment).</i> The <a href="/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama" title="14th Dalai Lama">14th Dalai Lama</a> frequently teaches on these works. These are:<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li><i>The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (lam rim chen mo)</i> by <a href="/wiki/Je_Tsongkhapa" title="Je Tsongkhapa">Je Tsong Khapa</a></li> <li><i>The Medium Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (lam rim ‘bring po)</i> by Je Tsong Khapa</li> <li><i>The Concise Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (lam rim bsdus don)</i> also known as Song of the Stages of the Path (lam rim nyams mgur) by Je Tsong Khapa</li> <li><i>The Essence of Refined Gold – Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (lam rim gser zhun ma)</i> by His Holiness the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Dalai_Lama" title="3rd Dalai Lama">Third Dalai Lama</a>, Sonam Gyatso.</li> <li><i>The Easy Path – Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (lam rim bde lam)</i> by <a href="/wiki/Lobsang_Ch%C3%B6kyi_Gyaltsen,_4th_Panchen_Lama" title="Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen, 4th Panchen Lama">Panchen Lobsang Chokyi Gyaltsen.</a></li> <li><i>The Sacred Words of Manjushri – Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (lam rim ‘jam dpal zhal lung)</i> by <a href="/wiki/5th_Dalai_Lama" title="5th Dalai Lama">the Fifth Dalai Lama, Lobsang Gyatso</a></li> <li><i>The Swift Path – Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (lam rim myur lam)</i> by <a href="/wiki/Lobsang_Yeshe,_5th_Panchen_Lama" title="Lobsang Yeshe, 5th Panchen Lama">Panchen Lobsang Yeshe</a></li> <li><i>Essence of Fine Speech – Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (lam rim legs gsung nying khu)</i> by Ngawang Drakpa of Dagpo</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lamrim_texts_in_English">Lamrim texts in English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lamrim&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Lamrim texts in English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Classical_Lamrim_Books_(in_historical_order)"><span id="Classical_Lamrim_Books_.28in_historical_order.29"></span>Classical Lamrim Books (in historical order)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lamrim&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Classical Lamrim Books (in historical order)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDipamkarashrijnana" class="citation web cs1">Dipamkarashrijnana, Atisha. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lamrim.com/atishalamp/LampForThePath.PDF">"The Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Snow Lion Publications<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-07-22</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Lamp+for+the+Path+to+Enlightenment&rft.pub=Snow+Lion+Publications&rft.aulast=Dipamkarashrijnana&rft.aufirst=Atisha&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lamrim.com%2Fatishalamp%2FLampForThePath.PDF&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALamrim" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><i>Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment</i> by Geshe Sonam Rinchen, Snow Lion Publications</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jewel_Ornament_of_Liberation" title="The Jewel Ornament of Liberation">The Jewel Ornament of Liberation</a> by Gampopa</i>, translated and annotated by Herbert V. Guenther (1986). Shambala Publications, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87773-378-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-87773-378-3">0-87773-378-3</a> (pbk)</li> <li><i>The Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Gampopa</i>, translated by Khenpo Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche (1998). Snow Lion Publications - Ithaca, New York, with a foreword by The Dalai Lama, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55939-092-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-55939-092-1">1-55939-092-1</a>.</li> <li><i>Engaging by Stages in the Teachings of the Buddha</i>, 2 vols., by Phagmodrupa (Gampopa's disciple), Otter Verlag, Munich</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longchenpa" title="Longchenpa">Longchen Rabjam</a>,<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://buddhanature.tsadra.org/index.php/People/Klong_chen_pa">[2]</a> <i>Finding Rest in the Nature of Mind,<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://buddhanature.tsadra.org/index.php/Books/Finding_Rest_in_the_Nature_of_the_Mind">[3]</a></i> Padmakara Translation Group (Boston: Shambhala, 2017)<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.shambhala.com/finding-rest-trilogy.html">[4]</a> <ul><li><i>Finding Rest in the Nature of Mind</i> (sems nyid ngal gso), is a complete lam rim in 13 chapters written in verse form. It covers the ground, path, and fruition as well as the view, meditation and conduct according to the Nyingma school, beginning from the foundational four reflections that turn the mind through to the two stages of vajrayana practice and the view and practice of dzogchen, blending the sutra presentation of buddha nature with the tantric view of the luminous, empty, spontaneously present primordial ground of pristine awareness.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Longchenpa composed three auto-commentaries on the root text: one short, one extensive, and one which lays out the practice instructions:<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>The short auto-commentary: <i>Garland of White Lotuses</i> (Tib. padma dkar po’i phreng ba).</li> <li>The extensive auto-commentary: <i>The Great Chariot</i> (Tib. shing rta chen po) <ul><li><i>The Great Chariot</i> is currently (as of 2022) in preparation for publishing by the Library of Tibetan Classics, translated by Ives Waldo. The digital version of the translation in progress is available online at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wisdomlib.org/buddhism/book/the-great-chariot">Wisdomlib</a>. The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tibetanclassics.org/index.php/library-of-tibetan-classics-lotc/">Library of Tibetan Classics</a>, under the direction of Geshe Thupten Jinpa, PhD., has prepared a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tibetanclassics.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Jinpa-Thupten_2005_rdzogs-pa-chen-po-sems-nyid-ngal-gso_i-_grel-pa-shing-rta-chen-po_LOTC-3.pdf">critical edition</a> of the Tibetan text.</li></ul></li> <li>The practice instructions: <i>The Excellent Path to Enlightenment</i> (Tib. byang chub lam bzang), Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche and Gerry Winer (translators), Jewelled Lotus, 2014.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.labsum.org/snowlionarticle.html"><i>The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment</i></a> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTsong-kha-pa2000" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Je_Tsongkhapa" title="Je Tsongkhapa">Tsong-kha-pa</a> (2000). Joshua Cutler; Guy Newland (eds.). <i>The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Volume I</i>. Translated by Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee. Canada: Snow Lion. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55939-152-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-55939-152-9"><bdi>1-55939-152-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Great+Treatise+on+the+Stages+of+the+Path+to+Enlightenment%2C+Volume+I&rft.place=Canada&rft.pub=Snow+Lion&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=1-55939-152-9&rft.au=Tsong-kha-pa&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALamrim" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTsong-kha-pa2002" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Je_Tsongkhapa" title="Je Tsongkhapa">Tsong-kha-pa</a> (2002). Joshua Cutler; Guy Newland (eds.). <i>The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Volume II</i>. Translated by Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee. Canada: Snow Lion. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55939-168-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-55939-168-5"><bdi>1-55939-168-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Great+Treatise+on+the+Stages+of+the+Path+to+Enlightenment%2C+Volume+II&rft.place=Canada&rft.pub=Snow+Lion&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=1-55939-168-5&rft.au=Tsong-kha-pa&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALamrim" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTsong-kha-pa2004" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Je_Tsongkhapa" title="Je Tsongkhapa">Tsong-kha-pa</a> (2004). Joshua Cutler; Guy Newland (eds.). <i>The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Volume III</i>. Translated by Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee. Canada: Snow Lion. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55939-166-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-55939-166-9"><bdi>1-55939-166-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Great+Treatise+on+the+Stages+of+the+Path+to+Enlightenment%2C+Volume+III&rft.place=Canada&rft.pub=Snow+Lion&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=1-55939-166-9&rft.au=Tsong-kha-pa&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALamrim" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul></li> <li>Sonam Gyatso (bSod Nams rGya mTso, the third Dalai Lama), <i>Lam rim gser zhun ma.</i> English translation by Glenn H. Mullin; 1st edition titled <i>Essence of Refined Gold by the Third Dalai Lama: with related texts by the Second and Seventh Dalai Lamas</i> (Dharamsala, HP, India: Tushita Books, 1978); 2nd edition titled <i>Selected Works of the Dalai Lama III: Essence of Refined Gold</i> (Ithaca, New York: Snow Lion, 1985).</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPabongkha_Déchen_Nyingpo2006" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Pabongkhapa_D%C3%A9chen_Nyingpo" title="Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo">Pabongkha Déchen Nyingpo</a> (2006). Trijang Rinpoche (ed.). <i>Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand, A Concise Discourse on the Path to Enlightenment</i>. Michael Richards (translator) (3rd ed.). Somerville, MA: Wisdom. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86171-500-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-86171-500-4"><bdi>0-86171-500-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Liberation+in+the+Palm+of+Your+Hand%2C+A+Concise+Discourse+on+the+Path+to+Enlightenment&rft.place=Somerville%2C+MA&rft.edition=3rd&rft.pub=Wisdom&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0-86171-500-4&rft.au=Pabongkha+D%C3%A9chen+Nyingpo&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALamrim" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_Lamrim_Books_&_Commentaries"><span id="Modern_Lamrim_Books_.26_Commentaries"></span>Modern Lamrim Books & Commentaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lamrim&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Modern Lamrim Books & Commentaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Wake Up To Your Life: Discovering the Buddhist Path of Attention</i>. <a href="/wiki/Ken_McLeod" title="Ken McLeod">Ken McLeod</a>. HarperCollins. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0062516817" title="Special:BookSources/978-0062516817">978-0062516817</a></li> <li><i>Practicing the Path: A Commentary on the Lamrim Chenmo</i>, Yangsi Rinpoche, Wisdom Publications, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86171-346-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-86171-346-X">0-86171-346-X</a></li> <li><i>Steps on the Path to Enlightenment</i>, Volume 1: A Commentary on the Lamrim Chenmo, The Foundational Practices, by Geshe <a href="/wiki/Lhundub_Sopa" title="Lhundub Sopa">Lhundub Sopa</a>, Wisdom Publications, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86171-303-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-86171-303-6">0-86171-303-6</a></li> <li><i>Steps on the Path to Enlightenment</i>, Vol.2: Karma : A Commentary on the Lamrim Chenmo by Geshe <a href="/wiki/Lhundub_Sopa" title="Lhundub Sopa">Lhundub Sopa</a>, Wisdom Publications, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86171-481-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-86171-481-4">0-86171-481-4</a></li> <li><i>Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment</i>, TDL Publications, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9623421-6-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-9623421-6-5">0-9623421-6-5</a></li> <li><i>Joyful Path of Good Fortune: The Complete Buddhist Path to Enlightenment</i>, Tharpa Publications (2nd. ed., 1995) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-948006-46-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-948006-46-3">978-0-948006-46-3</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Meditation_Handbook" title="The New Meditation Handbook">The New Meditation Handbook</a>: Meditations to Make Our Life Happy and Meaningful</i>, Tharpa Publications (2003) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9817277-1-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9817277-1-4">978-0-9817277-1-4</a></li> <li><i>Path to Enlightenment in Tibetan Buddhism</i>, Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden, Tushita Publications, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-646-16500-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-646-16500-3">0-646-16500-3</a></li> <li><i>Meditations on the Path to Enlightenment</i>, <a href="/wiki/Geshe_Acharya_Thubten_Loden" title="Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden">Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden</a>, Tushita Publications, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-646-27043-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-646-27043-5">0-646-27043-5</a></li> <li><i>Essence of the Path to Enlightenment</i>, Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden, Tushita Publications, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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class="mw-redirect" title="Lamdré">Lamdré</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lamrim&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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Chodron's online Lamrim Outline"</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lamrim&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The <a href="/wiki/Sakya_(Tibetan_Buddhist_school)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sakya (Tibetan Buddhist school)">Sakya</a> school, too, has a somewhat similar textual form, the <i><a href="/wiki/Lamdr%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Lamdré">lamdré</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-thubten-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-thubten_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-thubten_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thubtenchodron.org/GradualPathToEnlightenment/index.html">Lamrim: the Gradual Path to Enlightenment</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vajraus-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-vajraus_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vajraus_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vajraus_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://vajra.us/lamrim/gus_lamrim_1.html">Lam Rim Meditation — What is it?</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Abhisamayalankara">Abhisamayalankara</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thubtenchodron.org/GradualPathToEnlightenment/LR_001_Qual_29Apr91.pdf">Introduction to the Lamrim series; Preeminent qualities of the compilers and of the teachings </a> pgs. 4-6</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-kadampa-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-kadampa_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kadampa.org/en/buddhism/stages-of-the-path">Lamrim - The Stages of the Path</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGopnik" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Alison_Gopnik" title="Alison Gopnik">Gopnik, Alison</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055840/http://www.alisongopnik.com/papers_alison/gopnik_humestudies_withtoc.pdf">"Could David Hume Have Known about Buddhism? Charles Francois Dolu, the Royal College of La Flèche, and the Global Jesuit Intellectual Network"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alisongopnik.com/papers_alison/gopnik_humestudies_withtoc.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2013-09-21<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 March</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Could+David+Hume+Have+Known+about+Buddhism%3F+Charles+Francois+Dolu%2C+the+Royal+College+of+La+Fl%C3%A8che%2C+and+the+Global+Jesuit+Intellectual+Network&rft.aulast=Gopnik&rft.aufirst=Alison&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alisongopnik.com%2Fpapers_alison%2Fgopnik_humestudies_withtoc.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALamrim" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CA-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CA_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CA_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Carole Anderson (2013), <i>Pain and its Ending</i>, p.143</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MN_v18-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MN_v18_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MN_v18_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MN_v18_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Majjhima Nikaya 56, <i>To Upali</i>, verse 18.Bhikkhu Nanamoli & Bhikku Bodhi.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In regards to translating <i>ādīnava</i>, Bullitt uses the word "drawbacks" while Ñāṇamoli & Bodhi (2001) use "danger" (p. 485), and Rhys Davids & Stede (1921-25) recommend "disadvantage, danger" (p. 99, entry for "Ādīnava," retrieved 2007-11-13 from <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.today/20120708211251/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.0:1:2695.pali">[1]</a>).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See, for instance, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/index.html">Bullitt (2005).</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://jangchuplamrim.org/the-eighteen-commentaries/">"The Eighteen Commentaries"</a>. <i>Jangchup Lamrim</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-10-19</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Jangchup+Lamrim&rft.atitle=The+Eighteen+Commentaries&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fjangchuplamrim.org%2Fthe-eighteen-commentaries%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALamrim" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRabjam2017" class="citation book cs1">Rabjam, Longchen (2017). <i>Finding Rest in the Nature of Mind</i>. Boulder: Shambhala. p. 27. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780834841161" title="Special:BookSources/9780834841161"><bdi>9780834841161</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Finding+Rest+in+the+Nature+of+Mind&rft.place=Boulder&rft.pages=27&rft.pub=Shambhala&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=9780834841161&rft.aulast=Rabjam&rft.aufirst=Longchen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALamrim" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lamrim&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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class="mw-redirect" title="Six Yogas of Naropa">Six Dharmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_tantric_practice" title="Tibetan tantric practice">Tibetan tantric practice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transfer_of_merit" title="Transfer of merit">Transfer of merit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tukdam" title="Tukdam">Tukdam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Institutional roles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lama" title="Lama">Lama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khenpo" title="Khenpo">Khenpo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ngakpa" title="Ngakpa">Ngakpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rigdzin" class="mw-redirect" title="Rigdzin">Rigdzin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rinpoche" title="Rinpoche">Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tert%C3%B6n" title="Tertön">Tertön</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulku" title="Tulku">Tulku</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_tulku" title="Western tulku">Western tulku</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vajracharya" title="Vajracharya">Vajracharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidyadhara_(Buddhism)" title="Vidyadhara (Buddhism)">Vidyadhara</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Key figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Nyingma</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Padmasambhava" title="Padmasambhava">Padmasambhava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeshe_Tsogyal" title="Yeshe Tsogyal">Yeshe Tsogyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longchenpa" title="Longchenpa">Longchenpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jigme_Lingpa" title="Jigme Lingpa">Jigme Lingpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrul_Rinpoche" title="Patrul Rinpoche">Patrul Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudjom_Lingpa" title="Dudjom Lingpa">Dudjom Lingpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamg%C3%B6n_Ju_Mipham_Gyatso" title="Jamgön Ju Mipham Gyatso">Mipham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jigdral_Yeshe_Dorje_(2nd_Dudjom_Rinpoche)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (2nd Dudjom Rinpoche)">Dudjom Rinpoche</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sakya</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kh%C3%B6n_K%C3%B6nchok_Gyalpo" title="Khön Könchok Gyalpo">Khön Könchok Gyalpo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakya_Trizin" title="Sakya Trizin">Sakya Trizin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakya_Pandita" title="Sakya Pandita">Sakya Pandita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drog%C3%B6n_Ch%C3%B6gyal_Phagpa" title="Drogön Chögyal Phagpa">Drogön Chögyal Phagpa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Kagyu</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Milarepa" title="Milarepa">Milarepa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karmapa" title="Karmapa">Karmapa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thang_Tong_Gyalpo" title="Thang Tong Gyalpo">Thang Tong Gyalpo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Gelug</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Je_Tsongkhapa" title="Je Tsongkhapa">Je Tsongkhapa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalai_Lama" title="Dalai Lama">Dalai Lama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchen_Lama" title="Panchen Lama">Panchen Lama</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trisong_Detsen" title="Trisong Detsen">Trisong Detsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akong_Rinpoche" title="Akong Rinpoche">Akong Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anagarika_Govinda" title="Anagarika Govinda">Anagarika Govinda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Arjia_Rinpoche" title="8th Arjia Rinpoche">Arija Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ati%C5%9Ba" title="Atiśa">Atiśa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chagdud_Tulku_Rinpoche" title="Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche">Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatral_Sangye_Dorje" title="Chatral Sangye Dorje">Chatral Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chetsang_Rinpoche" class="mw-redirect" title="Chetsang Rinpoche">Chetsang Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%B6gyam_Trungpa" title="Chögyam Trungpa">Chögyam Trungpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%B6kyi_Nyima_Rinpoche" title="Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche">Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dampa_Sangye" title="Dampa Sangye">Dampa Sangye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dezhung_Rinpoche" title="Dezhung Rinpoche">Dezhung Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilgo_Khyentse" title="Dilgo Khyentse">Dilgo Khyentse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolpopa_Sherab_Gyaltsen" title="Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen">Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drukpa_Kunley" title="Drukpa Kunley">Drukpa Kunley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzigar_Kongtrul_Rinpoche" title="Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche">Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzogchen_Ponlop_Rinpoche" title="Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche">Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzongsar_Jamyang_Khyentse_Rinpoche" class="mw-redirect" title="Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche">Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzongsar_Khyentse_Ch%C3%B6kyi_Lodr%C3%B6" title="Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö">Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gampopa" title="Gampopa">Gampopa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganden_Tripa" title="Ganden Tripa">Ganden Tripa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorampa" title="Gorampa">Gorampa Sonam Sengye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyalwang_Drukpa" title="Gyalwang Drukpa">Gyalwang Drukpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamgon_Kongtrul" title="Jamgon Kongtrul">Jamgon Kongtrul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamyang_Khyentse_Wangpo" title="Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo">Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalu_Rinpoche" title="Kalu Rinpoche">Kalu Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karma_Thinley_Rinpoche" title="Karma Thinley Rinpoche">Karma Thinley Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khamtrul_Rinpoche" title="Khamtrul Rinpoche">Khamtrul Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khandro_Rinpoche" title="Khandro Rinpoche">Khandro Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khenpo_Tsultrim_Gyamtso_Rinpoche" title="Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche">Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lama_Jampa_Thaye" title="Lama Jampa Thaye">Lama Jampa Thaye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ling_Rinpoche" title="Ling Rinpoche">Ling Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marpa_Lotsawa" title="Marpa Lotsawa">Marpa Lotsawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miky%C3%B6_Dorje,_8th_Karmapa_Lama" title="Mikyö Dorje, 8th Karmapa Lama">Mikyö Dorje, 8th Karmapa Lama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namkhai_Norbu" title="Namkhai Norbu">Namkhai Norbu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyoshul_Khenpo_Rinpoche" title="Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche">Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orgyen_Chokgyur_Lingpa" title="Orgyen Chokgyur Lingpa">Orgyen Chokgyur Lingpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orgyen_Tobgyal" title="Orgyen Tobgyal">Orgyen Tobgyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pabongkhapa_D%C3%A9chen_Nyingpo" title="Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo">Phabongkha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pema_Lingpa" title="Pema Lingpa">Pema Lingpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penor_Rinpoche" title="Penor Rinpoche">Penor Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phagmo_Drupa_Dorje_Gyalpo" title="Phagmo Drupa Dorje Gyalpo">Phagmo Drupa Dorje Gyalpo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangjung_Dorje,_3rd_Karmapa_Lama" title="Rangjung Dorje, 3rd Karmapa Lama">Rangjung Dorje, 3rd Karmapa Lama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratna_Vajra_Sakya" class="mw-redirect" title="Ratna Vajra Sakya">Ratna Vajra Sakya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rechung_Dorje_Drakpa" title="Rechung Dorje Drakpa">Rechung Dorje Drakpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reting_Rinpoche" title="Reting Rinpoche">Reting Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakya_Chokden" title="Sakya Chokden">Sakya Chokden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Beru_Khyentse" title="Second Beru Khyentse">Second Beru Khyentse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamarpa" title="Shamarpa">Shamarpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sogyal_Rinpoche" title="Sogyal Rinpoche">Sogyal Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_Situpa" title="Tai Situpa">Tai Situpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taranatha" title="Taranatha">Taranatha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarthang_Tulku" title="Tarthang Tulku">Tarthang Tulku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenga_Rinpoche" title="Tenga Rinpoche">Tenga Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Palmo" title="Tenzin Palmo">Tenzin Palmo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Wangyal_Rinpoche" title="Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche">Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenzin_%C3%96sel_Hita" title="Tenzin Ösel Hita">Tenzin Ösel Hita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thinley_Norbu" title="Thinley Norbu">Thinley Norbu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrangu_Rinpoche" title="Thrangu Rinpoche">Thrangu Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thubten_Yeshe" title="Thubten Yeshe">Thubten Yeshe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thubten_Zopa_Rinpoche" title="Thubten Zopa Rinpoche">Thubten Zopa Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traleg_Kyabgon_Rinpoche" title="Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche">Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trijang_Lobsang_Yeshe_Tenzin_Gyatso" title="Trijang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso">Trijang Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trulshik_Rinpoche" title="Trulshik Rinpoche">Trulshik Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsangny%C3%B6n_Heruka" title="Tsangnyön Heruka">Tsangnyön Heruka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsele_Natsok_Rangdr%C3%B6l" title="Tsele Natsok Rangdröl">Tsele Natsok Rangdröl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulku_Urgyen_Rinpoche" title="Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche">Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vairotsana" title="Vairotsana">Vairotsana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vimalamitra" title="Vimalamitra">Vimalamitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yudra_Nyingpo" title="Yudra Nyingpo">Yudra Nyingpo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zong_Rinpoche" title="Zong Rinpoche">Zong Rinpoche</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Texts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nyingma_Gyubum" title="Nyingma Gyubum">Gyubum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangyur" title="Kangyur">Kangyur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tengyur" title="Tengyur">Tengyur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terma_(religion)" title="Terma (religion)">Terma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhist_canon" title="Tibetan Buddhist canon">Tibetan canon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ritual objects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%B6da" class="mw-redirect" title="Chöda">Chöda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damaru" title="Damaru">Damaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghanta" title="Ghanta">Ghanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phurba" title="Phurba">Phurba</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serkyem&action=edit&redlink=1" 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