Four Dharmas of Gampopa
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dvags po chos bzhi, the four famous lines by Je Gampopa:
blo chos su 'gro bar byin gyis rlabs tu gsol
chos lam du 'gro bar byin gyis rlabs tu gsol
lam 'phrul pa sel bar byin gyis rlabs tu gsol
'phrul pa ye shes su 'char bar byin gyis rlabs tu gsol
Grant your blessing that our minds may turn to the Dharma.
Grant your blessing that the Dharma may become our path.
Grant your blessing that this path may clear up illusion.
Grant your blessing that illusion may arise as primordial awareness.
A student of Gampopa, Layagpa Jangchub Ngodrub, composed a famous commentary on these four lines; his mnyam med dvags po'i chos bzhir grags pa'i gzhung gi 'grel pa snying po gsal ba'i rgyan [TSD]