Tsongkhapa · Theology

The Three Principal Aspects of the Path

Tsongkhapa’s famously concise distillation of the entire Buddhist path into three essentials - the determination to be free (renunciation), the awakening mind of compassion (bodhicitta), and the correct view (of emptiness) - written as a short letter to a disciple.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Tsongkhapa condensed the entire path into three essentials: renunciation (the determination to be free), bodhicitta (the altruistic wish to attain awakening for all beings), and the correct view of emptiness - and that all three are needed, in that order. Explain each and why the sequence matters.

Leads to Shantideva.

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