The Brilliantly Illuminating Lamp of the Five Stages

The most important commentary on Vajrayana from the founder of the Dalai Lama's school of Buddhism. The Brilliantly Illuminating Lamp of the Five Stages  ( rim lnga rab tu gsal ba’i sgron m e) is Tsong Khapa’s most important commentary on the perfection stage practices of the  Esoteric Community  ( Guhyasamaja ), the tantra he considered fundamental for the practice of the “father tantra” class of unexcelled yoga tantras. It draws heavily on Nagarjuna’s  Five Stages  ( P