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Foreword |
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Translators' Acknowledgements |
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Preface to the Second Edition |
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Translators' Introduction |
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A brief historical introduction to Tibetan Buddhism |
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Prologue |
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Part One The ordinary or external Preliminaries |
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Chapter One The difficulty of finding the freedoms and advantages |
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I The proper way to listen to spiritual teaching |
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1.1 The vast attitude of the bodhicitta |
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1.2 Vast skill in means: The Attitude of the secret mantrayana |
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2.1.1 The Three Defects of the Pot |
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2.1.3 The Five Wrong Ways of Remembering |
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15 | (1) |
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2.2.2 The Six Transcendent Perfections |
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2.2.3 Other Modes of Conduct |
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II The teaching itself: An Explanation of how difficult it is to find the freedoms and advantages |
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1 Reflecting on the nature of freedom |
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2 Reflecting on the particular advantages related to Dharma |
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2.1 The five individual advantages |
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2.2 The five circumstantial advantages |
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2.3 The eight intrusive circumstances |
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2.4 The eight incompatible propensities |
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3 Reflecting on images that show how difficult it is to find the freedoms and advantages |
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4 Reflecting on numerical comparisons |
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Chapter Two The impermanence of life |
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I The impermanence of the outer universe in which beings live |
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II The impermanence of beings living in the universe |
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III The impermanence of holy beings |
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IV The impermanence of those in positions of power |
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V Other examples of impermanence |
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VI The uncertainty of the circumstances of death |
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VII Intense awareness of impermanence |
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Chapter Three The defects of samsara |
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I The sufferings of samsara in general |
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II The particular sufferings experienced by the beings of the six realms |
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1.1.2 The Black-Line Hell |
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1.1.3 The Rounding-Up and Crushing Hell |
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1.1.5 The Great Howling Hell |
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1.1.7 The Intense Heating Hell |
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1.1.8 The Hell of Ultimate Torment |
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1.1.9 The Neighbouring Hells |
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2.1 Pretas who live collectively |
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2.1.1 Pretas suffering from external obscurations |
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2.1.2 Pretas suffering from internal obscurations |
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2.1.3 Pretas suffering from specific obscurations |
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2.2 Pretas who move through space |
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3.1 Animals living in the depths |
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3.2 Animals that live scattered in different places |
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4.1 The three fundamental types of suffering |
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4.1.1 The suffering of change |
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4.1.2 Suffering upon suffering |
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4.1.3 The suffering of everything composite |
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4.2 The sufferings of birth, sickness, old age and death |
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4.2.1 The suffering of birth |
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4.2.2 The suffering of old age |
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4.2.3 The suffering of sickness |
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4.2.4 The suffering of death |
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4.3 Other human sufferings |
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4.3.1 The fear of meeting hated enemies |
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4.3.2 The fear of losing loved ones |
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4.3.3 The suffering of not getting what one wants |
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4.3.4 The suffering of encountering what one does not want |
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Chapter Four Actions: the principle of cause and effect |
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I Negative actions to be abandoned |
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1 The ten negative actions to be avoided |
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1.2 Taking what is not given |
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1.9 Wishing harm on others |
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2 The effects of the ten negative actions |
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2.1 The fully ripened effect |
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2.2 The effect similar to the cause |
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2.2.1 Actions Similar to the Cause |
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2.2.2 Experiences Similar to the Cause |
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2.3 The conditioning effect |
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2.4 The proliferating effect |
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II Positive actions to be adopted |
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III The all-determining quality of actions |
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Chapter Five The benefits of liberation |
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I Causes leading to liberation |
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133 | (1) |
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II The Result: The three levels of Enlightenment |
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134 | (3) |
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Chapter Six How to follow a spiritual friend |
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137 | (6) |
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III Emulating the teacher's realization and Actions |
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Part Two The extraordinary or internal Preliminaries |
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Chapter One Taking refuge, foundation stone of all paths |
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I Approaches to taking refuge |
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172 | (1) |
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2.1 The refuge of lesser beings |
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2.2 The refuge of middling beings |
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2.3 The refuge of great beings |
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177 | (5) |
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III Precepts and benefits of taking refuge |
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1 The precepts of taking refuge |
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1.1 The three things to be abandoned |
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1.2 The three things to be done |
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183 | (1) |
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1.3 The three supplementary precepts |
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183 | (4) |
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2 The benefits of taking refuge |
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187 | (8) |
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Chapter Two Arousing bodhicitta, the root of the Great Vehicle |
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I Training the mind in the four boundless Qualities |
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1 Meditation on impartiality |
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196 | (2) |
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198 | (3) |
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3 Meditation on compassion |
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4 Meditation on sympathetic joy |
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213 | (5) |
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1 Classification based on the three degrees of courage |
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1.1 The courage of a king |
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1.2 The courage of a boatman |
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1.3 The courage of a shepherd |
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2 Classification according to the Bodhisattva levels |
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3 Classification according to the nature of bodhicitta |
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219 | (1) |
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4 Taking the vow of bodhicitta |
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III Training in the bodhicitta precepts |
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1 Training in the precepts of the bodhicitta of aspiration |
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1.1 Considering others as equal to oneself |
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1.2 Exchanging oneself and others |
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223 | (5) |
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1.3 Considering others more important than oneself |
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228 | (6) |
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2 Training in the precepts of the bodhicitta of application: the six transcendent perfections |
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2.1 Transcendent generosity |
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2.1.3 Giving protection from fear |
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238 | (1) |
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2.2 Transcendent discipline |
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2.2.1 Avoiding negative actions |
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239 | (1) |
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2.2.2 Undertaking positive actions |
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2.2.3 Bringing benefit to others |
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239 | (1) |
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2.3 Transcendent patience |
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2.3.1 Patience when wronged |
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240 | (2) |
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2.3.2 Patience to bear hardships for the Dharma |
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242 | (2) |
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2.3.3 Patience to face the profound truth without fear |
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2.4 Transcendent diligence |
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2.4.1 Armour-like diligence |
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2.4.2 Diligence in action |
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2.4.3 Diligence that cannot be stopped |
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2.5 Transcendent concentration |
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2.5.1 Giving up distractions |
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2.5.2 Actual concentration |
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250 | (1) |
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2.6.1 Wisdom through hearing |
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2.6.2 Wisdom through reflection |
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2.6.3 Wisdom through meditation |
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Chapter Three Meditating and reciting on the teacher as Vajrasattva to cleanse all obscurations |
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I How obscurations can be purified through confession |
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263 | (2) |
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2 The power of regretting having done wrong |
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3 The power of resolution |
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4 The power of action as an antidote |
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III The actual meditation on vajrasattva |
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Chapter Four Offering the mandala to accumulate merit and wisdom |
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I The need for the two accumulations |
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II The accomplishment mandala |
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285 | (1) |
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1 The thirty-seven element mandala offering |
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2 The mandala offering of the three kayas according to this text |
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2.1 The ordinary mandala of the nirmanakaya |
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288 | (1) |
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2.2 The extraordinary mandala of the sambhogakaya |
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289 | (1) |
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2.3 The special mandala of the dharmakaya |
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Chapter Five The kusali's accumulation: destroying the four demons at a single stroke |
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I The body as an offering |
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II The practice of offering the body |
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1 The white feast for the guests above |
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2 The white feast for the guests below |
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3 The variegated feast for the guests above |
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301 | (1) |
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4 The variegated feast for the guests below |
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Chapter Six Guru Yoga, entrance-way for blessings, the ultimate method for arousing the wisdom of realization |
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I The reason for guru yoga |
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II How to practise guru yoga |
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1 Visualizing the field of merit |
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2 Offering the seven branches |
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2.1 Prostration, the antidote to pride |
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317 | (4) |
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2.3 Confession of harmful actions |
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322 | (1) |
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2.4 Rejoicing, the antidote to jealousy |
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323 | (1) |
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2.5 Exhorting the buddhas to turn the wheel of dharma |
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2.6 Requesting the buddhas not to enter nirvana |
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325 | (1) |
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3 Praying with resolute trust |
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4 Taking the four empowerments |
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329 | (3) |
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III The history of the advent of the early Translation doctrine |
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1 The mind lineage of the Conquerors |
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333 | (1) |
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2 The symbol lineage of the Vidyadharas |
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2.2 The transmission of anuyoga |
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334 | (1) |
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2.3 The pith-Instructions of atiyoga |
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335 | (3) |
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2.4 The coming of atiyoga to the human realm |
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338 | (3) |
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IV Propagation of the essence-teaching in Tibet, land of snows |
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3 The hearing lineage of ordinary beings |
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345 | (6) |
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Part Three The swift path of transference |
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Chapter One Transference of consciousness, the instructions for the dying: Buddhahood without meditation |
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I The five kinds of transference |
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1 Superior transference to the dharmakaya through the seal of the view |
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2 Middling transference to the sambhogakaya through the union of the generation and perfection phases |
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3 Lower transference to the nirmanakaya through immeasurable compassion |
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4 Ordinary transference using three metaphors |
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5 Transference performed for the dead with the hook of compassion |
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II Ordinary transference using three ideas |
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1 Training for transference |
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357 | (1) |
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3 The steps of the meditation on transference |
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3.2 The main visualization |
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360 | (7) |
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367 | (9) |
Postface |
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Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye |
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Notes |
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Glossary |
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Bibliography |
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443 | (7) |
Index |
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450 | (8) |
Padmakara Translation Group |
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