His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave these preliminary teachings at the Kalachakra initiation, Santa Monica, California, July 1989. Translator: Jeffrey Hopkins. You may also download the entire contents of these teachings in a PDF file.

The book The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas: An Oral Teaching contains the root text by Thogme Zangpo and a commentary by Geshe Sonam Rinchen, translated by Ruth Sonam.