The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Five : Buddhist Ethics

Jamgon Kongtrul; Kalu Rinpoche Translation Group
Shambhala
9781559391917
1-55939-191-X

In Tibetan religious literature, Jamgn Kongtrl's Treasury of Knowledge in ten books stands out as a unique, encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as it was preserved.

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in Tibet. This volume is the fifth book of that work and is considered by many scholars to be its heart. Jamgn Kongtrl explains the complete code of personal liberation as it applies to both monastic and lay persons, the precepts for those aspiring to the life of a bodhisattva, and the exceptional pledges for practitioners on the tantric path of pure perception.