The genre of teachings known as the Stages of the Path (Tibetan: Lamrim) represents a synthesis of the entire path to enlightenment. Based on Atisha’s Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, they present the essence of all the Buddha’s 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 Lamrim is studied on the basis of Venerable Dagri Rinpoche’s oral commentary offered for the Basic Program at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa.

As a foundation and context for practice, this subject is a key element of the Basic Program. The aim of this Basic Program Online course is for students to acquire a thorough understanding and structured overview of Lama Tsongkhapa’s presentation, and to develop experience of applying these teachings in daily practice, meditation and retreat. Upon completion, students should be able to conduct their own Lamrim retreats and to use the Lamrim as a basis and context for their meditation, further study, and daily life experience.

This product is a downloadable 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 Basic Program subjects by Geshe Jampa Gyatso
• The audio recordings of the teachings by Dagri Rinpoche, expertly interpreted from Tibetan into English by Claire Barde
• An introduction to Middle Length Lamrim including how to approach and study this subject
• A suggested nine-month study and retreat schedule
• An overview of the contents of the recordings
• The English translation of the text, open-book study questions with answer keys, several charts, a transcript of the Special Insight section and more to support study of the text
• Instructions and guidelines for short and longer lamrim retreats, with audio recordings of guided Lamrim meditations along with Meditation Outlines that describe these meditations in detail
• A wealth of supplementary materials including presentations from other Basic Programs, additional transcripts and recommended reading
• Access to discussion forums attended by elders well versed in the Basic Program subjects
• Information about the Basic Program Online completion certificate option and the completion requirements for Stages of the Path
• An online test to complete study of 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.

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