How to Get Enlightened Step by Step: An Overview of the Lamrim

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Repeats every week every Wednesday until Wed Aug 20 2014 except Wed Jul 10 2013, Wed Jul 31 2013, Wed Oct 02 2013, Wed Oct 09 2013, Wed Oct 16 2013, Wed Oct 23 2013, Wed Oct 30 2013, Wed Nov 06 2013, Wed Nov 13 2013, Wed Nov 20 2013, Wed Nov 27 2013, Wed Dec 25 2013, Wed Jan 01 2014, Wed Jan 22 2014, Wed Jan 29 2014, Wed Feb 12 2014, Wed Apr 09 2014, Wed Apr 16 2014, Wed May 07 2014, Wed May 14 2014.
6:45 pm Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Lama Atisha organized all of the Buddha's teachings into a step-by-step guide how to become enlightened in a short text called "Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment." Lama Tsongkhapa (the founder of our Gelugpa lineage) wrote a detailed explanation of Lama Atisha's text to help students understand and practice the instructions called The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Lamrim Chenmo). This lamrim foundation is the basis of all practice in our lineage, including tantra. These incredible teachings by Geshe Gelek on this text is probably a once in a lifetime rare and precious opportunity, and likely to span a couple of years. This class is open to all students and you can join anytime, but be sure to prepare by reading the first volume of the Lamrim Chenmo, available in Kadampa Center's bookstore (proceeds benefitting the stupa project) or many online book sellers.

In addition to the teachings by Geshe-la, part of class time will be devoted to discussion. This is an important part of learning and practice - to check that we heard the instructions correctly and understand them, and, if not, to ask questions of the teacher the following week.

Have you read all three volumes?
Geshe Gelek asked that we keep track of how many people read all three volumes of the Lamrim Chenmo by Lama Tsongkhapa. If you have completed this reading, please let us know.
 
For more information about readings from class, please see our webpage for the class.