"The Kadampa geshes were exemplary practitioners of Buddhism in Tibet, renowned for their extreme asceticism and uncompromising practice of thought transformation in order to develop bodhicitta. In this book Lama Zopa Rinpoche, himself an exemplar of these practices, explains the Kadampa geshe approach, basing his teachings on 'The Bodhisattva's Jewel Garland,' Lama Atisha's wonderful text on developing bodhicitta"--Provided by publisher.