The Gateway to Knowledge is a condensation of the Tripitaka (the traditional term used to describe Buddhist canons of scriptures) and its accompanying commentaries by the Tibetan Buddhist master Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche. Consolidating the intent of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni's teachings into a unified body of textbooks, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche elucidates the philosophical backbone of the living tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.

This rich source book embodies the basics of Prajnaparamita and Madhyamika as well as the Abhidharma from both Mahayana ("greater vehicle") and Hinayana ("lesser vehicle") perspectives. Every volume in this series includes the Tibetan text and the English translation on facing pages, permitting side-by-side textual study. Volume 4 elucidates "The Four Seals of the Dharma" (all conditioned things are impermanent, everything defiling is suffering, nirvana is peace, and all phenomena are empty and devoid of self-entity). It also includes the four right discriminations (meaning, Dharma, definitive words, and ready speech) as well as the four reasonings that have been taught in the sutras (the principle of efficacy, the principle of dependence, the principle of reality, and the principle of valid proof) and the four reliances (do not rely on the individual, but on the Dharma; do not rely on the words, but on the meaning; do not rely on the provisional meaning, but on the definitive meaning; and do not rely on the ordinary mind, but rely on wisdom).

Gateway to Knowledge: Volume 4 : The Treatise Entitled the Gate for Entering the Way of a Pandita, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, James Gentry, Erik Pema Kunsang (Translators) Rangjung Yeshe Publications, Paperback, 143 pp, $17.95

The Tibetan master Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche (1846-1912) is an exceptional treasure of wisdom, compassion, and scholarship. His accomplishments in practice, learning, composition, and teaching are immense. The student of the Gateway to Knowledge can begin to comprehend the meaning of the major works on Buddhist philosophy and of the Traditional sciences.

Contents: GATEWAY TO KNOWLEDGE, Volume IV: The treatise entitled The Gate for Entering the Way of a Pandita by Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche
Contents of previous volumes	7
PART ONE - THE FOUR SEALS OF THE DHARMA	9
23. All Conditioned Things Are Impermanent	11
24. Everything Defiling Is Suffering	21
25. Nirvana Is Peace	27
26. All Phenomena Are Empty and Devoid of a Self-entity	35
PART TWO - THE FOUR RIGHT DISCRIMINATIONS	65
27. Right Discrimination of Meaning and Dharma	67
28. Right Discrimination of Definitive Words	77
PART THREE - RIGHT DISCRIMINATION OF READY SPEECH	93
29. The Four Reasonings	95
30. The Four Reliances	123
Epilogue	137
Acknowledgments	143