In this skillful translation, Herbert Guenther offers English-speaking readers sGam.po.pa's comprehensive and authoritative exposition of the stages of the Buddhist path. A masterly survey of Tibetan Buddhism, The Jewel Ornament of Liberation explains how an enlightened attitude is strengthened by practicing the six perfections (generosity, discipline, patience, exertion, meditation, and knowledge) and offers a concise presentation of Buddhism as a living experience. As Chogyam Trungpa writes in his foreword: "It is in the flow of karma that this book materialized in 1959 on the very eve of the destruction of the spiritual land of Tibet. Professor Guenther was instrumental in making available the only commentary and guide in English to the bodhisattva tradition of Tibet, Japan, and China. The book remains the classic text of all Buddhists.
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Introduction 1. The Motive 2. The Working Basis 3. Meeting Spiritual Friends 4. The Instruction in the Transitoriness of the Composite 5. The Vicious State of Samsara 6. Karma and Its Result 7. Benevolence and Compassion 8. Taking Refuge 9. The Acquisition of an Enlightened Attitude 10. The Training in an Enlightened Attitude 11. The Six Perfections 12. The Perfection of Liberality 13. The Perfection of Ethics and Manners 14. the Perfection of Patience 15. The Perfection of Strenuousness 16. The Perfection of Meditative Concentration 17. The Perfection of Awareness 18. The Five Paths 19. The Spiritual Levels 20. Perfect Buddhahood 21. Buddha Activity
