Shambhala Publications
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Boulder, Colorado 80301
© 1982, 1994 by H.H. the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, and Glenn H. Mullin
Earlier versions of this book were published under the titles The Path to Enlightenment (Snow Lion, 1994), Selected Works of the Dalai Lama III: Essence of Refined Gold (Snow Lion, 1985), and Essence of Refined Gold (Snow Lion, 1982).
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Bstan-dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935– author. | Mullin, Glenn H., editor, translator. | Bsod-nams-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama III, 1543–1588. Byang chub lam gyi rim pai khrid yig gser zhun ma. English. Title: Refining gold: stages in Buddhist contemplative practice/The Dalai Lama; edited and translated by Glenn H. Mullin.
Other titles: Path to enlightenment.
Description: Boulder: Shambhala, 2019. | Previously published as The Path to Enlightenment (Snow Lion, 1994). | Includes the text of Essence of refined gold in English. | In English, translated from the original Tibetan. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018058531 | ISBN 9781611807332 (pbk.: alk. paper)
eISBN 9780834842342
Subjects: LCSH: Lam-rim. | Bsod-nams-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama III, 1543–1588. Byang chub lam gyi rim pai khrid yig gser zhun ma. |Tsong-kha-pa Blo-bzang-grags-pa, 1357–1419. Lam rim bsdus don.
Classification: LCC BQ7645.L35.B7633 2019 | DDC 294.3/923—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018058531
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