The Middle-Length Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment av Tsongkhapa Losang Drakpa, Philip Quarcoo

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<B>The first complete English translation of renowned scholar-saint Tsongkhapa's <i>Middle-Length Treatise on the Stages of the Path.</i></B><BR><BR>Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), the author of the well-known<i> Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment</i> and the teacher of the First Dalai Lama, is renowned as one of the greatest scholar-saints that Tibet has ever produced. A dozen years after writing the <i>Great Treatise</i>, he wrote the <i>Middle-Length Treatise on the Stages of the Path</i>, presented here in its first complete English translation. <BR><BR>Half the length of the well-known <I>Great Treatise</I>, this work similarly presents a systematic overview of the Buddhist path. Tsongkhapa begins by abridging the longer work, distilling its explanations for quicker integration. He presents a series of meditations, beginning with recognizing the rarity of our human existence and the great opportunities it affords, followed by reflections on