The Joyful Path of Good Fortune, by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
A favorite Lam Rim study resource at Gaden Choling is the book "The Joyful Path of Good Fortune" by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (Tharpa Publications, 2nd rev. ed., 1995).
To aid students, we've recast the traditional Buddhist-style outline at the back of the book into the common Western-style outline format. This is still a work in progress, but the material for the outline that's been developed so far, divided into sections by chapter, is given below.
Some places to buy the book are: amazon.ca, indigo.ca, and also possibly at Snow Lion bookstore. (Note: these links are for paperback versions, but hardcover is also available.)
Foundations
- The Stages of the Path
- The Qualities of the Author
- The Qualities of the Teaching
- Listening to and Teaching Dharma
- Preparing for Meditation
- What is Meditation
- Relying Upon a Spiritual Guide
Initial Scope
- Our Precious Human Life
- Meditation on Death
- The Sufferings of the Lower Realms
- Going for Refuge
- Karma
Intermediate Scope
- Developing the Wish to Attain Liberation
- The Four Noble Truths
- Meditation on True Sufferings
- Delusions and Actions, Death and Rebirth
- The Twelve Dependent-Related Links
- The Wheel of Life
- The Path to Liberation
Great Scope