The Three Principles of the Path: A Brief Explanation

by Gelek Rimpoche

This commentary on the famous text in verse, The Three Principles of the Path by Je Tsongkhapa, explains the entire path to enlightenment, summarized in its three main renunciation, ultimate love-compassion and wisdom. Gelek Rimpoche’s commentary is profoundly modern. The whole teaching is wisdom-soaked and will provide the reader with an impulse to take a different look at their own life.
Especially useful in this commentary are the guided analytical meditations on the different aspects of the spiritual path.

203 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 15, 2014

About the author

Kyabjé Gelek Rimpoche (Tibetan: དགེ་ལེགས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wylie: Skyabs-rje Dge-legs Rin-po-che) is tulku (incarnate lama) of Drepung Monastic University, where he received the scholastic degree of Geshe Lharampa, the highest degree given within the Gelug tradition.

Gelek is a nephew of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. He was tutored by many of the same masters as the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.

In 1959, Gelek fled to India from Tibet and gave up monastic life. He is the founder and president of Jewel Heart, "a spiritual, cultural, and humanitarian organization that translates the ancient wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism into contemporary life." Beat-poet Allen Ginsberg was among the more prominent of Jewel Heart's members.