Joyful Path of Good Fortune: The Complete Buddhist Path to Enlightenment by Kelsang Gyatso

Joyful Path of Good Fortune: The Complete Buddhist Path to Enlightenment Reviews

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  Dominic Gadoury

  While I've finished reading, this is a lifelong journey of understanding all the impacts of this life transforming way of living and serving. It's one of my faves!!
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  Ross

  This is a very educational book, with helpful diagrams and eloquent analyses of complex Buddhist principles which deepens an understanding of the dharma. It does provide clear instructions on how to apply the dharma in our own lives in a way that makes the book timeless. It will be beneficial for many generations to come.
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  Deborah Fassel

  Everything you wanted to know about Tibetan Buddhism but were afraid to ask.
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  Charles Minguez

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso has written a lovely commentary to the works of Je Tsongkhapa. Even though I've finished the book, I will be returning again and again while on the path.
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  Jairo Jairosoft

  I am not sure what the word "Path" means. There is nothing like path in the American mindset. Maybe the closest thing to "Path" here is "Catechism", being that I was raised Catholic, this book gives me that impression. So it makes more sense for me, and hopefully for others, to interpret the sub-title alternatively as the "Complete Catechism for Buddhists." But actually for a particular set of Buddhists involved in the New Kadampa Tradition, which I would consider it a new branch of the Geluk tradition of Tibetan Buddhism since this is the same teachings given by the Dalai Lama except he uses his own sources. But essentially the book originates from the master work of Lama Je Tsongkapa.
  
  Anyway, I liked studying it under our Foundation Program, and I fault myself for not continuing to study it further. Actually I cheat by listening to the audio version.
  Compassion,
  Jairo
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  Richard Murton

  This is probably a very good book for people wishing to re-affirm their beliefs or establish a context for their already budding spirituality. As a non-Buddhist I found it to be reasonably informative and definitely well written, but ultimately it has the same pitfalls as most "Religious" books written by a member of that Religion in that it does feel rather pushy and evangelical, but then maybe that's the point.
  
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  Sue

  blimey I am loving this one!
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  Jack Thomas

  This is the text for the current class at the Vajrayana Meditation Center in Oak Park. Typically, it takes about 3 years to complete, so this is a long-term commitment.
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  Thomas Jones

  Very clear and practical explanation of the Lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment. Indispensable.