Contents

Preface
by Ven. Lhakdor

1.Three Principal Aspects of the Path by Jé Tsongkhapa

2.Introduction by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

3.The Teachings

The Promise to Compose the Text

Exhorting the Disciples to Listen

Need to Generate the Determination to Be Free

How to Generate the Determination to Be Free

The Measure of Having Generated a Determination to Be Free

Is Liberation Possible?

The Root of the Mind of Enlightenment

Generating the Mind of Enlightenment

The Need to Realize Emptiness

Questions and Answers

About the Author