Benefits of the Lamrim
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who asked what should be his core practice.
Please read well the different lamrim texts such as Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand, the Lamrim Chenmo, and the different lamrim texts that His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written on.
Try to actualize the realizations step by step. First, realize the gradual path of the lower capability being, then the gradual path of the middle capability being, and then the gradual path of the higher capability being. No matter how long it takes, meditate on and try to actualize this.
If you do this as much as you can, you will become more pure and more experienced, and then you can better teach others. Your benefit becomes greater. Otherwise, even if you are a scholar, your teachings are only empty words. Like a husk, they will be empty inside. They will have no weight, and people will not be inspired by them to practice.