Ethics of Tibet

Alex Wayman is Professor of Sanskrit at Columbia University.

"One of the leading Tibetan scholars in the world has translated this work by the great Tsong-kha-pa, the titular head of the Ge-lug-pa Sect and perhaps the Tibetan equivalent of the great Nagarjuna. This first complete English translation also reveals the encyclopedic mind of Tsong-kha-pa, whose copious references to the sutras are a gold mine. He, more than anyone else, shaped the development of Tibetan Buddhism as we know of it today."This book is very interesting and easy to read, because it is a systematic, step-by-step analysis of the conditions necessary for the progress in spiritual attainment, from the awakening of the mind of enlightenment (bodhicitta) to the final insight (prajna). It is definitely a useful text for understanding Tibetan Buddhism at the core and for comparative studies involving other systems of thought within Buddhism." —Kenneth K. Inada, State University of New York, Buffalo

• FOREWORD BY THE DALAI LAMA INTRODUCTION Precepts for the Great Person (Part One) Teaching that Only the Generation of the Thought Is the Door of Entrance The Method of Generating That Thought The Stages of Exercising the Thought of Enlightenment, Part I The Stages of Exercising the Thought of Enlightenment, Part II Taking it Ritually The Method of Practicing the Career After Having Generated the Thought Precepts for the Great Person (Part Two) Exposition of the Steps of Practicing the Instruction Perfection of Giving Perfection of Morality Perfection of Forbearance Perfection of Striving Perfection of Meditation Perfection of Insight Study of the Four Persuasions which Mature the Mental Series of Others NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION NOTES TO THE TRANSLATION BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE SANSKRIT PASSAGES SANSKRIT PASSAGES FOR THE CITATIONS IN THEIR ORDER OF OCCURENCE INDEX