Geshe Lhundup Sopa : Steps on the Path to Enlightenment [Vol 3]

The third volume of Steps on the Path to Enlightenment, Geshe Sopa’s commentary on Tsongkhapa’s Lamrim Chenmo, introduces the reader to the path of the bodhisattvas, those who make service to others the driving force of their spiritual striving.
It begins with an explanation of what distinguishes the Mahayana practitioner from all other Buddhists—bodhicitta, the desire to attain enlightenment in order to benefit other sentient beings. The nature of bodhicitta, an essential practice for persons of great spiritual capacity, is described in depth, and Geshe Sopa then provides a detailed, contemporary commentary on the two methods for developing this attitude.
This volume also contains a detailed explanation of the first four perfections: generosity, ethical discipline, patience, and joyful perseverance. The volume concludes with a preview of the final two volumes in the series, which focus on meditative stability and insight.

“From my first encounter with Professor Geshe Lhundub Sopa in 1962, I have been impressed with his kindness, patience, and thorough-going scholarship, qualities so strong that they obviously are based on profound realization. When he received his Geshe degree, he graduated first among the first rank, emerging as his year's national hero; he truly embodies what being a well-versed Tibetan scholar requires-the ability to think and react within many different systems. His good-humored, compassionate persistence and forbearance over the course of his long and often difficult life shine throughout the heartfelt, practical explanations in these books.”—Professor Jeffrey Hopkins

“Geshe Sopa is one of the great living lamas we have today.”—Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha Within