Table of contents : Contents Preface by Laura M. Roth COMMENTARY BY VEN. KENPO KHARTAR RINPOCHE Introduction 1 The Ten Causes of Loss 2 The Ten Necessary Things 3 The Ten Things Upon Which to Rely 4 The Ten Things to Be Abandoned 5 The Ten Things Not to Be Abandoned 6 The Ten Things to Be Known 7 The Ten Things to Be Practiced 8 The Ten Things to Emphasize 9 The Ten Exhortations 10 The Ten Deviations 11 The Ten Confusions of One Thing for Another 12 The Ten Unmistaken Things 13 The Fourteen Useless Things 14 The Eighteen Hidden Evils of Practitioners 15 The Twelve Indispensable Things 16 The Eleven Marks of a Holy Person 17 The Ten Things of No Benefit 18 The Ten Ways of Accomplishing Your Own Disaster 19 The Ten Things That Are Great Kindnesses to Yourself 20 The Ten Perfect Things 21 The Ten Bewilderments of Practitioners 22 The Ten Necessary Things 23 The Ten Unnecessary Things 24 The Ten Superior Things 25 The Ten Situations in Which Whatever Is Done Is Excellent 26 The Ten Qualities of Genuine Dharma 27 The Ten Things That Are Merely Names 28 The Ten Things That Are Spontaneously Present as Great Bliss Conclusion The Root Text-The Instructions of Gampopa: A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path The Tibetan Text Notes