The Easy Path ― Illuminating the First Panchen Lama's Secret Instructions

The First Panchen Lama's Easy Path, written nearly four hundred years ago, is like a chest of jewels that has, until now, been locked to English speakers. This translation, with Gyumed Khensur Lobsang Jampa's commentary, unlocks that chest and holds each jewel up to the sunlight to reveal its great beauty and value.

A number of books in the past have explained how to meditate on the stages of the path, but Geshe Lobsang Jampa's volume is unique in showing the reader how to integrate visualizations from highest yoga tantra, guru yoga, and the instructions of the oral tradition within the contemplations of every single stage. From the initial meditations on the precariousness and immense value of human existence, through the contemplations of how we perpetuate the cycle of suffering, to the highest teachings on the practice of universal compassion and the empty nature of phenomena, The Easy Path leads practitioners step by step through the journey to enlightenment.

A student of the Dalai Lama, Gyumed Khensur Lobsang Jampa was born in Tibet in 1939. A geshe from Sera Monastery and former abbot (khensur) of Gyumed tantric college, both in South India, he now spends most of his time in the United States, with active centers in Washington DC, New York City, and Connecticut. He also teaches annually in the Silicon Valley. His center in Redding CT, where he lives, will be hosting a visit from the Dalai Lama in Fall 2012. This is his first book.

Lorne Ladner, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice in the suburbs of Washington DC, where he also directs and teaches at the Guhyasamaja Buddhist Center. Dr. Ladner has produced a training video on Mindful Therapy and provides workshops on the psychology of positive emotions, the integration of meditation and psychotherapy, and on Buddhist psychology. He is the author of The Lost Art of Compassion and editor of The Wheel of Great Compassion.