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The genre of teachings known as the Stages of the Path (Tibetan: lam-rim) represents a synthesis of the entire path to enlightenment. Based on Atishas Lamp of the Path to Enlightenment, they present the essence of all the Buddhas teachings in a clear and concise way, easy to understand and apply in meditation.

Lama Tsongkhapa composed several stages of the path commentaries, from extensive to very concise. For Basic Program Online, his Middle Length Lam-rim is studied on the basis of Geshe Jampa Gyatsos commentary offered at Lama Tzong Khapa Institute. This text is renowned for its clear exposition of the topics of calm abiding and special insight.

As a foundation and context for practice, this subject is a key element of the Basic Program. This challenging presentation by Lama Tsongkhapa himself will enable BP students to extend and deepen their lam-rim understanding.

This product is a down-loadable PDF file which contains the enrollment key required to access this Basic Program Online course on the online learning site at http://onlinelearning.fpmt.org

The online site for this course contains all the following resources:

• An introduction to Basic Program Online, with a video introducing the BP subjects by Geshe Jampa Gyatso
• An introduction to Middle Length Lam-rim including how to approach and study this subject
• The transcripts of the 21 weeks of teachings by Geshe Jampa Gyatso, to be studied with the support of the weekly quizzes with answer keys
• The English translation of the course root text with the outlines provided separately as well
• The pdf files of transcript, weekly quizzes and root text being extensively bookmarked for easy cross-reference and to encourage use of the digital files
• Audio recordings of 17 guided lam-rim meditations in MP3 format along with Meditation Outlines that describe these meditations in detail
• Supplementary materials including charts and presentations from other Basic Programs, and recommended further reading
• Guidelines and schedules that arrange the audio files of the guided meditations into a four day lam-rim retreat
• Guidelines and a schedule for a two week lam-rim retreat using extensive meditation outlines that are based on the root text and Geshe Jampa Gyatsos commentary
• Access to student and elder discussion forums
• Information about the Basic Program Online completion certificate option and the online test to complete this subject
  

For more information about this program and its preparatory study and practice please go to the Introduction to Basic Program Online at the FPMT Online Learning Center.

Important information about your order of online materials: Following your purchase of an online course, you will be sent a link to a webpage where you can download a PDF document. This PDF will include instructions on how to access the FPMT Online Learning Center and the enrollment key for accessing the specific course you have purchased. Please keep this PDF document in your records so you always know how to access the materials you have purchased.