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The Verses Summarizing the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment is the essential condensation of the Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, composed by the founder of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, Master Tsongkhapa, and translated into Chinese by Venerable Fazun. This treatise originated in fifteenth-century Tibet with the aim of rectifying the Buddhist training system of the time and correcting deviations in practice. Its core content systematically expounds the complete, sequential stages of practice from the initial generation of the mind of enlightenment to the attainment of Buddhahood—namely, the paths of the beings of initial, intermediate, and supreme scope—emphasizing the union of calm abiding and special insight and the correct view of emptiness. This treatise is revered as one of the most authoritative practice guides in Tibetan Buddhism. It has also exerted a profound influence in Chinese Buddhist regions and stands as an indispensable, monumental compendium for the practice of the Dharma.