The “The Essence of Nectarâ€, an extensive prayer written by Yeshe Tsondru, an incarnate Lama of the Gelug tradition, is a poetic supplement of the “Great Exposition of the Graded Path†written by the founder of the Gelug tradition , Je Tsong-K’a-pa. Such teachings were promulgated by Buddha Shakyamuni in the 5th century B.C. and subsequently transmitted through a succession of realized Indian and Tibetan masters. In this work, Yeshe Tsondru eloquently ...