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| List of Tables | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| The Uniqueness of Tantra | |
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| Sutra and Tantra | |
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| Tantra and the Mahayana | |
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| The Prerequisites | |
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| The Vajrayana Was Taught by the Buddha | |
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| Vajrayana and Its Many Names | |
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| The Unique Features of Vajrayana | |
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| The Four Complete Purities | |
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| Vajrayana Combines Method and Wisdom | |
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| Deity Yoga | |
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| Practicing Deity Yoga | |
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| The Three Aspects of Deity Yoga | |
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| Utilizing Afflictive Emotions on the Path | |
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| Entering the Vajrayana | |
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| The Door to the Vajrayana | |
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| The Vajra Master and the Vajra Disciple | |
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| Guru Yoga | |
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| The Initiation | |
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| The Purpose of an Initiation | |
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| The Preliminary Stages of an Initiation | |
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| The Main Initiation | |
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| The Mandala | |
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| Vows and Commitments | |
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| The Lower Tantras | |
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| The Differences among the Four Classes of Tantra | |
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| Internal and External Activities | |
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| Subduing the Vital Wind | |
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| Yoga with Sign | |
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| The Concentration of the Four Branches of Recitation | |
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| The Concentrations of Abiding in Fire and Abiding in Sound | |
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| Yoga without Sign | |
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| Practicing Kriya Tantra | |
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| A Kriya Tantra Sadhana | |
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| Offerings | |
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| The Sadhana | |
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| Refuge and Purification | |
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| The Purification of the Place | |
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| Visualizing the Merit Field | |
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| The Seven-Limb Prayer and Mandala Offering | |
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| The Main Deity Practice | |
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| Pranayama | |
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| A Passport to a New Universe | |
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| Preparation for Highest Yoga Tantra | |
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| The Many Deities within Vajrayana | |
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| An Overview of the Generation Stage | |
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| Preparation for Practicing the Generation Stage | |
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| Death, Intermediate State, and Rebirth | |
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| The Eight Dissolutions of Ordinary Death | |
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| The Ordinary Intermediate State | |
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| The Ordinary Rebirth | |
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| The Four Levels of Achievement | |
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| Practicing the Generation Stage | |
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| Before the Actual Practice | |
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| The Three Components of the Guhyasamaja Sadhana | |
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| The Yoga of Taking Death as the Dharmakaya into the Path | |
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| The Eight Dissolutions | |
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| The Base, Path, and Result in the Death Practice | |
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| The Yoga of Taking the Intermediate State as the Sambhogakaya into the Path | |
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| The Base, Path, and Result in the Bardo Practice | |
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| The Yoga of Taking Rebirth as Nirmanakaya into the Path | |
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| The Nature of the Body and Mind | |
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| Coarse, Subtle, and Very Subtle Body and Mind | |
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| Channels, Chakras, Winds, and Drops | |
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| Channels | |
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| Chakras | |
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| Loosening the Knots | |
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| Winds | |
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| Drops | |
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| The Enlightenment Process | |
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| Emptiness and Bliss | |
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| Emptiness, Bliss, and the Meaning of Evam | |
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| The Union of Emptiness and Great Bliss | |
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| The Six Levels of the Completion Stage | |
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| Physical Isolation | |
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| The Actual Meditation of Physical Isolation | |
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| The Post-Meditation Session | |
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| Tumo Practice | |
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| Verbal Isolation | |
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| The Mantra-Drop Meditation | |
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| The Light-Drop Meditation | |
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| The Substance-Drop Meditation | |
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| Mental Isolation | |
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| The Two Levels of Mental Isolation | |
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| The Action Seal | |
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| The Illusory Body | |
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| Clear Light | |
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| Union | |
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| Learner's Union | |
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| Non-Learner's Union | |
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| No-More Learning | |
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| The Inseparability of the Guru and Avalokiteshvara: A Source of All Powerful Attainments | |
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| The Six Deities within the Nyungn� Practice | |
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| Notes | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| The Foundation of Buddhist Thought | |