Advice for a Happy Life

This essential practice of Kadam Lamrim, known as The Kadampa Way of Life, contains two texts: and Je Tsongkhapa’s . The first encapsulates the way of life of the early Kadampa practitioners, whose example of purity and sincerity we should all try to emulate. The second is a profound guide to meditation on the stages of the path, Lamrim, which Je Tsongkhapa composed based on the instructions he received directly from the Wisdom Buddha Manjushri.Advice from Atisha’s Heart The Three Principal Aspects of the Path

If we try our best to put Atisha’s advice into practice, and to meditate on Lamrim according to Je Tsongkhapa’s instructions, we will develop a pure and happy mind and gradually progress towards the ultimate peace of full enlightenment. As Bodhisattva Shantideva says:

By depending upon this boat-like human form,

We can cross the great ocean of suffering.

Since such a vessel will be hard…