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| Foreword | |
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| Editor's Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Preliminaries, Which Are a Basis for Dharma Practice | |
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| First, train in the preliminaries | |
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| The Main Practice, Which Is Training in Bodhichitta | |
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| Regard all dharmas as dreams | |
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| Examine the nature of unborn awareness | |
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| Self-liberate even the antidote | |
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| Rest in the nature of alaya, the essence | |
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| In postmeditation, be a child of illusion | |
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| Sending and taking should be practiced alternately. These two should ride the breath | |
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| Three objects, three poisons, and three seeds of virtue | |
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| In all activities, train with slogans | |
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| Begin the sequence of sending and taking with yourself | |
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| Transformation of Bad Circumstances into the Path of Enlightenment | |
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| When the world is filled with evil, Transform all mishaps into the path of bodhi | |
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| Drive all blames into one | |
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| Be grateful to everyone | |
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| Seeing confusion as the four kayas. Is unsurpassable shunyata protection | |
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| Four practices are the best of methods | |
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| Whatever you meet unexpectedly, join with meditation | |
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| Showing the Utilization of Practice in One's Whole Life | |
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| Practice the five strengths, The condensed heart instructions | |
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| The mahayana instruction for ejection of consciousness at death Is the five strengths: how you conduct yourself is important | |
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| Evaluation of Mind Training | |
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| All dharma agrees at one point | |
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| Of the two witnesses, hold the principal one | |
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| Always maintain only a joyful mind | |
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| If you can practice even when distracted, you are well trained | |
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| Disciplines of Mind Training | |
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| Always abide by the three basic principles | |
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| Change your attitude, but remain natural | |
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| Don't talk about injured limbs | |
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| Don't ponder others | |
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| Work with the greatest defilements first | |
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| Abandon any hope of fruition | |
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| Abandon poisonous food | |
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| Don't be so predictable | |
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| Don't malign others | |
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| Don't wait in ambush | |
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| Don't bring things to a painful point | |
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| Don't transfer the ox's load to the cow | |
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| Don't try to be the fastest | |
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| Don't act with a twist | |
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| Don't make gods into demons | |
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| Don't seek others' pain as the limbs of your own happiness | |
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| Guidelines of Mind Training | |
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| All activities should be done with one intention | |
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| Correct all wrongs with one intention | |
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| Two activities: one at the beginning, one at the end | |
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| Whichever of the two occurs, be patient | |
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| Observe these two, even at the risk of your life | |
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| Train in the three difficulties | |
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| Take on the three principal causes | |
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| Pay heed that the three never wane | |
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| Keep the three inseparable | |
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| Train without bias in all areas. It is crucial always to do this pervasively and wholeheartedly | |
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| Always meditate on whatever provokes resentment | |
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| Don't be swayed by external circumstances | |
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| This time, practice the main points | |
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| Don't misinterpret | |
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| Don't vacillate | |
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| Train wholeheartedly | |
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| Liberate yourself by examining and analyzing | |
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| Don't wallow in self-pity | |
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| Don't be jealous | |
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| Don't be frivolous | |
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| Don't expect applause | |
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| Concluding Verses | |
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| The Forty-six Ways in Which a Bodhisattva Fails | |
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| Notes | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Transliterations of Tibetan Names and Terms | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| About the Slogan Cards | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Resources | |
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| Index | |