The ebook of Brief Recitations for the Four Preliminary Practices (སྔོན་འགྲོ་བཞི་སྦྱོར་གྱི་ངག་འདོན་མདོར་བསྡུས་བཞུགས་སོ།) contains the shorter practice text—in Tibetan with English phonetics and translation—of the special preliminary practices for mahamudra meditation (ngöndro) compiled by the Seventeenth Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje in 2006. The practice is intended as an alternative for non-Tibetans who do not have the time for the traditional preliminary practices. The Gyalwang Karmapa has also given permission for people to recite this practice in their own language. Also available instructions for this ngondro practices: Ngondro for Our Current Day

Note: Anyone wishing to do that practice must first receive the reading transmission (lung) and then ask an experienced lama for instructions and guidance.