May my mind become one with the Dharma
May the Dharma make success on the path
May the path clarify confusion
May confusion dawn as wisdom

"Gampopa's Four Dharmas is closely related to his Jewel Ornament of Liberation, a text that deals with the stages in our spiritual development. First you begin to discover the Dharma, then you make a good job of it, then the Dharma becomes applicable on the path so you begin to clarify confusion on the path, and finally you transmute that confusion into wisdom. Those are the four Dharmas and they really relate to the development of the individual on the path."-- Traleg Kyabgon
The Four Dharmas of Gampopa, Traleg Rinpoche, KTD Publications, Paperback, 198 pp, $19.95

Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche (1955-2012) was born in Eastern Tibet and recognized at the age if two by His Holiness the Sixteenth Gyalwang Karmapa -- the head if the Karma Kagyu lineage -- as the ninth incarnation if the Traleg tulkus. This lineage can be traced back to the time of Saltong Shogam, a contemporary of the first Karmapa. Traleg Rinpoche was enthroned as the Abbot of Thrangu Monastery in Tibet before being taken to safety in India following the Chinese invasion of his country. There he continued the rigorous training prescribed for tulkus born with responsibilities as major lineage holders in the Tibetan tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism.

CONTENTS: The Four Dharmas of Gampopa
Turning the Mind to the Dharma		1
	Despair and the Awareness of Death	3
Making Success on the Path		19
	View, Meditation, and Action	21
	Shamatha Meditation	35
	Vipashyana Meditation	47
	Four Stages of Meditation	61
Clarifying Confusion		71
	The Great Vehicle	73
	Compassion	81
	Buddhanature	91
	Six Transcendental Actions	99
	Discriminating Awareness	113
Transforming Confusion into Wisdom		127
	Tantric View of Mind and Phenomena	129
	Bliss	141
	Integration	153
	Meditation	167
	Meditation	181