The book contains a complete system of instructions about the "Lamrim," the stages of the Path to Enlightenment, conveying all the teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni in a particularly accessible and clear form. The founder of the Lamrim tradition was the great Indian Teacher Atisha, who came to Tibet in the 11th century, and many highly realized Tibetan Masters, such as Je Tsongkhapa and others, contributed to its development. The text presented to your attention is based on the oral teachings of one of the most significant Lams of the twentieth century Pabongka Rinpoche, Jampa Tenzin Trinlay Gyatso (1878-1941), who was the indigenous Guru of both Teachers of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and all other Lams of the Gelug tradition, who after their flight from Tibet brought the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism to the West. As is often said, Liberation in Our Hands contains the essence of all 15 published works of Pabongk Rinpoche, in which he illuminates all aspects of Buddhism.