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I
LLUMINATINGTHE
P
ATHTO
E
NLIGHTENMENT
 
I
LLUMINATINGTHE
P
ATHTO
E
NLIGHTENMENT
Tenzin Gyatso
H
IS
H
OLINESSTHE
F
OURTEENTH
D
ALAI
L
AMAOF
T
IBET
A
COMMENTARYON
A
TISHA
D
IPAMKARA
S
HRIJNANA
’
S
 A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment 
AND
L
AMA
J
E
T
SONG
K
HAPA
’
S
 Lines of Experience
Translated by
G
ESHE
T
HUPTEN
J
INPA
Edited by
R
EBECCA
M
C
C
LEN
N
OVICK
,T
HUPTEN
J
INPAAND
N
ICHOLAS
R
IBUSH
Produced by the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, Boston, Massachusetts for Thubten Dhargye Ling Publications, Long Beach, Californiawww.tdling.com
P
REVIOUSLYPUBLISHEDBY
TDL P
UBLICATIONS
 Mirror of Wisdom,
by Geshe Tsultim GyeltsenP
REVIOUSLYPUBLISHEDBYTHE
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AMA
Y
ESHE
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ISDOM
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RCHIVE
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ORINITIATESONLY
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, by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
 
C
ONTENTS
F
OREWORD
by Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen....iP
ROLOGUE
Universal Responsibility....vQuestion and answer period....xii1. G
ENERAL
I
NTRODUCTION
....1The purpose of Dharma practice....3Intellectual and experiential understanding....6The basis for transformation....7Investigating the nature of reality....102. F
EATURESOFTHE
L
AM
-
RIM
T
EACHINGS
....13Atisha’s
 Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment....
13
 Lamp for the Path:
Verse 1....13The meaning of the title....14The objects of salutation....15The two truths....17The Four Noble Truths....18The Three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma and Sangha....21Lama Tsong Khapa’s
 Lines of Experience
....22The origin of the lam-rim teachings: the greatness of the authors....25
 Lines of Experience:
Verse 1....27
 Lines of Experience:
Verse 2....30
First published 200220,000 copies for free distribution
T
HUBTEN
D
HARGYE
L
ING
PO Box 90665Long BeachCA 90809, USA©Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, 2002Please do not reproduce any part of this book by any meanswhatsoever without our permissionISBN 0-9623421-6-510 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1Cover photos by Don FarberBook design by L.J.SawlitPrinted in Canada on recycled, acid-free paper
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