Foreword   ix
    His Holiness Sakya Trizin

Preface   xi

1. The Great Song of Experience    1
    Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen

2. A Prayer for the Happiness of All Living Beings    27
    Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo

3. The Buddhist Essence Teaching    30
    An Interview with His Holiness Sakya Trizin

4. The History of Buddhism    71
    His Eminence Chogye Trichen

5. The Production of Faith    91
    Khenpo Appey

6. The Song on How to Rely on Antidotes    100
    Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen

7. The Enlightenment Thought    102
    Khenpo Appey

8. The Nature of the Mind    117
    His Holiness Sakya Trizin

9. The Buddhist Essence Teaching    121
    An Interview with Sakya Pandita

10. The Five Aggregates    128
    Acharya Lama Migmar Tseten

11. Awakening Buddha-Nature    133
    Khenpo Appey

12. The Five Paths to Enlightenment    138
    Khenpo Appey

13. The Ten Bhumis to Enlightenment    148
    Khenpo Appey

14. The Gift of the Dharma to Kublai Khan    152
    Chogyal Phakpa

15. The Perfection of Moral Conduct    159
    Khenpo Appey

16. The Perfection of Patience    167
    Khenpo Appey

17. The Perfection of Diligence    177
    Khenpo Appey

18. The Perfection of Meditation    183
    Khenpo Appey

19. The Song of Inquiring About Good Health    199
    Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen

20. The Song of Praising Place    203
    Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen

21. The Song of Eight Practices of Dreams    208
    Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen

22. The King of Noble Prayers Aspiring to the Deeds of the Excellent    211
    Translated by Tulku Thondup

23. The Song of Bringing the Experience of Practice    221
    Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen

24. An Homage to the Buddha Who Performed Twelve Enlightened Deeds    224
    Translated by Tulku Thondup

25. The History of the Sakya School    228
    Acharya Lama Migmar Tseten

Biographies of the Authors    257