Drikung Bhande Dharmaradza (1704-1754) maps out, in verse, the entire structure of the Buddhist Path. The teachings given here are honest and direct, covering topics from impermanence to how the disciplines and the vows of the three vehicles of Buddhism may be practiced without conflict or contradiction.The translator Khenpo Knchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche is well know for his translations of Tibetan texts.
The Most Venerable Drikung Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche (Wylie: 'bri gung mkhan chen dkon mchog rgyal mtshan) is a "great scholar" (Tib. khenchen from khenpo 'scholar, abbot' + chen 'great') of the Drikung Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, and a founder of the Tibetan Meditation Center in Washington, D.C., which moved to Frederick, Maryland, in November 1991.