THE BOOK OF KADAM: The Core Texts, trans. by Thupten Jinpa

THE BOOK OF KADAM: The Core Texts

trans. by Thupten Jinpa

From the Dalai Lama’s principal translator comes this essential collection of teachings from Buddhism’s Kadam school, which emerged from the teachings of the Indian master Atisha and his principal student, Dromtönpa. Kadam is revered for its practical application of the bodhisattva’s
altruistic ideal in daily life. This book presents the Book of Kadam’s core texts, including the 23-chapter Jewel Garland of Dialogues, Dromtönpa’s Self-Exhortation, four chapters from Dromtönpa’s birth stories, two brief verse summaries of the Book of Kadam, sayings of the Kadam masters, and other essential writings. The teachings of the Kadam school play an important role all four of the major traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, especially the Geluk school.

Thupten Jinpa holds a Geshe Lharam degree as well as a PhD from Cambridge University. He has been the principal English translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for nearly two decades and has translated and edited numerous books by the Dalai Lama.