I've found the following procedure to be useful in attaining the benefits of spiritual teachings: (1) establish a good motivation; (2) stabilize your mind through meditation; (3) get the information; (4) establish an appropriate practice through analysis, synthesis, resolution and dedication.
Here are some sources of information that you should find useful in step (3):
- A well-annotated study Bible such as The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha
- A good Biblical reference work such as the Oxford Companion to the Bible
- The root texts for our Lam Rim study: The Three Principles of the Path and The Foundation of all Perfections.
- A reliable translation of Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
- Access to Insight for translations and explanations of the Tipitaka (the Pali Canon)
- A good introductory Lam Rim text such as the The Path To Enlightenment by the Dalai Lama or The Three Principles of the Path by Gelek Rimpoche (I consider any of the teachings of these two great teachers to be authoritative)
- Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand by Pabongka Rinpoche for a deep, well-indexed reference to the Lam Rim as traditionally taught in Tibet in 1921.
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