<b>The third volume of the fifteenth-century spiritual classic that condenses the enormous breadth of Buddhist teachings into one easy-to-follow meditation manual. </b><br><br> <i>The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment</i> (Tibetan title: <i>Lam rim chen mo</i>) is one of the brightest jewels in the world's treasury of sacred literature, and certainly in the world of Tibetan Buddhism. The author, Tsong-kha-pa, completed this masterpiece in 1402 to help lead people along a series of progressive stages from this-worldly self-centeredness to cosmically altruistic expansiveness. For centuries it has continued to be essential reading for any student of Buddhist thought who wants to put the Buddha's teachings into practice. <br> Volume Three contains a presentation of the two most important topics in the <i>Great Treatise</i>: meditative serenity (samatha) and supramundane insight into the nature of reality (vipasyana).