{"product_id":"steps-on-the-path-to-enlightenment-a-commentary-on-tsongkhapas-lamrim-chenmo-volume-5-insight-9781614293231","title":"Steps on the Path to Enlightenment: A Commentary on Tsongkhapa's Lamrim Chenmo. Volume 5: Insight","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe final installment of the \u003ci\u003eSteps on the Path to Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e series examines the nature of reality with a master class in Buddhist Middle Way philosophy and meditation. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe late Geshe Sopa was a refugee monk from Tibet sent to the United States by the Dalai Lama in 1963. He became a professor at the University of Wisconsin, training a generation of Western Buddhist scholars, and was a towering figure in the transmission of the Buddhism to the West. In this fifth and final volume of his commentary on Lama Tsongkhapa's masterwork on the graduated steps of the Buddhist path, Geshe Sopa explains the practice of superior insight, or wisdom, the pinnacle of the bodhisattva's perfections. All the Buddhist practices are for the purpose of developing wisdom, for it is wisdom that liberates from the cycle of suffering. All other positive actions, from morality to deep states of meditation, have no power to liberate unless they are accompanied by insight into the nature of reality. With unparalled precision, Geshe Sopa unpacks this central principle with scholarly virtuosity, guiding the reader through the progressive stages of realization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wisdom Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781614293231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.50w x 2.00d","brand":"Lhundub Sopa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43838677516469,"sku":"9781614293231","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f91bcfec-5228-47f5-a90e-67f0b582cfda.jpg?v=1712028108","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/steps-on-the-path-to-enlightenment-a-commentary-on-tsongkhapas-lamrim-chenmo-volume-5-insight-9781614293231","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}