Essence of Superfine Gold: A Guide on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment

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Back of the Book
The essence of superfine gold is the most famous literary composition of the third Dalai

Lama (1543-1588). It is a condensed but comprehensive commentary on Je Tsongkhapas

(1357-1419) a song of experience which is the seminal guide on the stages of the path to

Enlightenment of the Beings of three capacities although brief this text summarizes the

three principal paths of the teachings of the Shakyamuni Buddha.

Also included in this volume is Je Tsongkhapas a song of experience puls a brief

biography of the third Dalai Lama and the relevant Tibetan texts for both teachings.

Before receiving his doctorate in Buddhist studies at the University of Delhi, India Dr. Chok

Tenzin Monalm was awarded the Uma Rabjampa (a master in Buddhist Philosophy) from

the institute of Buddhist Dialectics Dharamsala India. At present he is heading the

research and Translation Department at the library of Tibetan works and archives

Dharmasala.

About the Author
Chok Tenzin Monlams new translation of one of the best loved guides to the practice of

the Graduated path is a significant contribution to Buddhist studies. Many important

teachers continue to use this text by the Third Dalai Lama now we have a lucid English

rendering by a Tibetan academic.

Translators Note
In January 2005 at the request of Geshe Pema Dorjee Director of Bodogn Research and

publication center Dharamsala, I translated Je Tsonkhapas Lam rim nyams mgur (A song

of experience) for him. In April that year while I was in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia as a

translator for Lobsang Drakpa