Here, presented in both the original Tibetan and in English translation, are twenty-one devotional poems by Tsongkhapa. Each verse -- dedicated to the Buddha, bodhisattvas, and lamas -- illuminates some aspect of the Buddhist path. Gavin Kilty's commentary places each prayer into context, and his careful, artful translations will appeal to anyone with a love of poetry.

Praise & Reviews "These songs are the verbal counterpart to thangka-painting. Gavin Kilty should be thanked for his translations."—Andrew Schelling, Naropa University "Making poetry out of sutra-like materials is a hugely daunting undertaking. Gavin Kilty has done a monumental job of getting these poems into their present highly readable state."—Mike O'Connor "Some of the most inspiring verses ever written."—Geshe Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., founder, Institute for Tibetan Classics

Tsongkhapa, Author Tsongkhapa Losang Dragpa (1357-1419) is arguably the finest scholar-practitioner produced by the Buddhism of Tibet. Renowned for both his written works and his meditative accomplishments, he founded the Gelug school, which produced the lineage of the Dalai Lamas. Gavin Kilty, Translator Gavin Kilty learned the Tibetan language and Buddhist philosophy over a fourteen year period of study with Tibetan teachers in India. He spent eight of those years at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, founded by H. H. the XIV Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, where he completed immersive Tibetan language-based study of the major portion of Tibetan monastic curriculum. Gavin now works full time as a translator of Tibetan texts into English, and as a teacher of Tibetan language in both India and Nepal. Included among his published translations are Ornament of Stainless Light and Mirror of Beryl, both in the Library of Tibetan Classics, as well as Splendor of an Autumn Moon.