The Four Essential Buddhist Textsinclude in this anthology are:
- The Opening of the Dharma, by Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche.
- Foundations of Buddhist Meditations, by Kalu Rinpoche.
- The Great Seal of Voidness, by the First Panchen Lama.
- A Key to Madhyamika, by H.H. 14th Dalai Lama.
It is hope that the publication of this anthology of translated scriptures, all of which are indigenous Tibetan works by very highly respected scholar-yogis, will further understanding of the panoramic and trans-sectarian approach of the great Tibetan Buddhist teachers of the pastr and present.
Four Essential Buddhist Texts, LTWA, 116 pp. , $6.50.

The Four Essential Buddhist Commentaries provided by His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama are on The Thirty Seven Bodhisattva Practices by Thogmed Zangpo; Three Principal Paths by Je Tsong-Khapa, The Eight Verses on the Training of the Mind by Geshe Langri Thangpa and The Song of Four Mindfulnesses by Seventh Dalai Lama.