This book is a translation of the first section of Jam-yang-zhay-pa’s Illuminating a Little the Presentation of Signs and Reasonings: Beautiful Golden Garland of Eloquence, a textbook studied by beginners at the Gomang College of Drepung Monastery and at La-brang Tra-shi-khyil and their affiliated institutions throughout Inner Asia.

In this section of his work, Jam-yang-zhay-pa introduces the student to several of the basic concepts of correct reasoning, with a focus on laying the foundation for understanding the necessary relationship between the subject, predicate, and sign in the context of the generation of valid inferential knowledge, leading to direct perception of reality.