{"product_id":"the-brilliantly-illuminating-lamp-of-tsong-khapa-9781949163087","title":"The Brilliantly Illuminating Lamp of the Five Stages","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe most important commentary on Vajrayana from the founder of the Dalai Lama's school of Buddhism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Brilliantly Illuminating Lamp of the Five Stages \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003erim lnga rab tu gsal ba'i sgron m\u003c\/i\u003ee) is Tsong Khapa's most important commentary on the perfection-stage practices of the \u003ci\u003eEsoteric Community \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eGuhyasamaja\u003c\/i\u003e), the tantra he considered fundamental for the practice of the \"father tantra\" class of unexcelled yoga tantras. It draws heavily on Nagarjuna's \u003ci\u003eFive Stages \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003ePa cakrama\u003c\/i\u003e) and Aryadeva's \u003ci\u003eLamp that Integrates the Practices \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eCaryamelapaka­pradipa\u003c\/i\u003e), 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 Khapa's own yogic experience and attainment, in coordination with his better-known philosophical and scholarly achievements. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The present revised edition of the work is a cornerstone of the \u003ci\u003eComplete Works of Jey Tsong Khapa and Sons\u003c\/i\u003e collection, a subset of the \u003ci\u003eTreasury of the Buddhist Sciences \u003c\/i\u003eseries. Comprised of the collected works of Tsong Khapa (1357-1419) and his spiritual sons, Gyaltsap Darma Rinchen (1364-1432) and Khedrup Gelek Pelsang (1385-1438), the numerous works in this set of Tibetan treatises and supercommentaries are based on the thousands of works in the Tibetan Buddhist canon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tsong Khapa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949163083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949163087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wisdom Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 2.10d","brand":"Tsong Khapa","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43986400411903,"sku":"9781949163087","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_91bcbf4e-1bf5-4f1a-b5cd-e88e0a9487c6.jpg?v=1683283145","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-brilliantly-illuminating-lamp-of-tsong-khapa-9781949163087","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}