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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Biographical Note
The Quick Ripening of the Desired Fruit
Preface
Editor's Note
Acknowledgments
GENERAL INTRODUCTION: THE UNITY
OF THE DIFFERENT TRADITIONS
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The Spirit of All
Traditions
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The Basic Unity of
All Traditions
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Buddhadharma
PART ONE: MIND AND ITS
TRANSFORMATIONS
Calling the Lama
from Afar
SECTION ONE: MIND,
REALITY, AND ILLUSION
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What Is Mind?
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The
Fundamental Paradox
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In Search of
Mind
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One Mind, Two
States
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The Nature of
Mind
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Openness
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Clarity
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Sensitivity
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A Brief
Meditation
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Mind's Veils
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The Game of
Illusion
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Karma
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Samsara
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Karma and
Freedom
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The Six Realms
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The Hell
Realm
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The Hungry
Ghost Realm
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The Animal
Realm
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The Human
Realm
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The Jealous
God Realm
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The Divine
Realm
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Two Truths
SECTION TWO: THE
TRANSFORMATIONS OF MIND: LIVES, DEATHS, REBIRTHS
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Mind After Death
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Birth and Death:
Continuity of Illusion
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From Life to
Life: Transitions and the Bardo
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Bardo
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The Four
Great Bardos
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The Bardo of the
Moment of Death
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Outer
Dissolution
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Inner
Dissolution
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The Bardo of
Emptiness
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The Bardo of
Becoming
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The Bardo of
Birth to Death
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The Eight
Consciousnesses and the Five Principal Elements
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The Twelve Links
of Dependent Origination
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Practices at the
Moment of Death
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Human Life and
Its Problems
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Human Life: Using
It Well
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On the Urgency of
Practice
PART TWO: THE PATH OF
LIBERATION
Beseeching the
Lama to Shower Blessings
SECTION ONE: A
GENERAL OVERVIEW: THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES OF DHARMA
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The Three
Turnings of the Teaching
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The Three
Vehicles: Complementarity and Unity
SECTION TWO: THE
HINAYANA: PATH OF DISCIPLINE
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The Path of
Discipline
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Refuge and the
Three Jewels
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Faith
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Buddha
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Dharma
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Sangha
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Taking Refuge
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Karma and Outer
Discipline
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Negative
Karma of Body, Speech, and Mind
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Positive
Karma of Body, Speech, and Mind
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The Components
and Results of Actions
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The Karma of
Meditation
SECTION THREE: THE
MAHAYANA: PATH OF OPENING AND COMPASSION
Introduction:
From Hinayana to Mahayana
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Bodhicitta and
the Bodhisattva Vow
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Compassion
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Emptiness, Heart
of Compassion
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From
Compassion to Emptiness
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Emptiness:
Twofold Selflessness
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From
Emptiness to Compassion
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The Two
Accumulations
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The Six
Perfections
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Generosity
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Discipline
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Patience
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Effort
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Meditation
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Transcendent
Wisdom
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Samatha-Vipasyana
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Meditation
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Analytical
and Contemplative Meditation
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Samatha,
Vipasyana, and Mahamudra
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The Practice
of Samatha
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Insight
Practice
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The Path of
Samatha
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The Practice
of Vipasyana
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The Stages of
Realization
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Enlightenment and
the Three Bodies of the Buddha
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The Buddhas'
Enlightenment
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The Qualities
of a Buddha's Body, Speech, and Mind
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The Three
Bodies of the Buddha
SECTION FOUR: THE
VAJRAYANA: PATH OF TRANSMUTATION
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The Path of
Transmutation
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Uniqueness of
Vajrayana
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The Secret
Teaching
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The Guide and
Spiritual Direction
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Transmission and
Blessing
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The Three Roots
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Progression in
Vajrayana
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Slow Path,
Instant Path
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Stages of
Progress
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The Common
Preliminary Practices
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The Ngondro
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Refuge and
Prostrations
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Vajrasattva
Purification
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Offering the
Mandala
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Guru Yoga
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Deity Yoga
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The Subsequent
Practices
SECTION FIVE:
MAHAMUDRA AND DZOGCHEN: THE IMMEDIATE PATH
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Mahamudra and
Dzogchen
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Mahamudra
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Path of
Mahamudra
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Transmission and
Qualification
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Ngotro:
Introducing Mind
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To See Mind
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A Personal
Relationship
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The Practice of
Mahamudra
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Experience and
Realization
SECTION SIX:
DHARMA PRACTICE TODAY
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Living Dharma in
Daily Life
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The Study and
Practice of Dharma
EPILOGUE: THE GREAT SHIP OF
LIBERATION
Notes
List of Stories and Anecdotes
List of Illustrations
Glossary of Terms
Glossary of Proper Names
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