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Foreword | |
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Foreword | |
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Editor's Preface | |
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Surveying the Path | |
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The Nature of the Path | |
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Buddhism: The Science of Mind | |
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Preparing for the Journey | |
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The Stages of Mahamudra and Dzogchen | |
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Entering the Path | |
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The Mahamudra Journey | |
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Mahamudra: The Great Seal | |
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The Glacier Mountain | |
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Mahamudra Lineage History | |
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Three Classifications of Mahamudra | |
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Perspectives on the Mahamudra Journey | |
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The Path That Brings Experience | |
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The Four Common Preliminaries: The Four Reminders | |
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The Four Uncommon Preliminaries | |
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The Four Special Preliminaries | |
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Ground Mahamudra: The Groundless Ground | |
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Two Aspects of Ground: Emptiness and Ego | |
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Breaking through Obstacles to Enlightenment | |
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Generating Perfect Mind | |
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The Inseparability of Samsara and Nirvana | |
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The Path of Instructions: Mahamudra Shamatha | |
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Mahamudra Pointing-Out Instructions | |
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Three Stages of Resting | |
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Three Methods of Resting | |
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General Techniques of Shamatha Meditation | |
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Nine Stages of Resting the Mind | |
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The Path of Instructions: Mahamudra Vipashyana | |
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Vipashyana Pointing Out | |
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Coemergent Mind: The Dharmakaya | |
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Coemergent Thought: The Display of Dharmakaya | |
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Coemergent Appearance: The Light of Dharmakaya | |
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Working with the Pointing-Out Instructions | |
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The Path to Enlightenment: The Four Yogas of Mahamudra | |
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One-Pointedness | |
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Nonfabrication | |
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One Taste | |
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Nonmeditation | |
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Fruition Mahamudra: The Three Kayas | |
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Transcending Reference Points | |
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The Wisdom of the Buddha | |
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The Three Kayas in Everyday Life | |
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Mantra Mahamudra | |
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Names of the Secret Mantrayana | |
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Shunyata and Sacred Outlook | |
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Qualities and Marks of the Mantrayana Path | |
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The Three Vajras | |
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The Teacher-Student Relationship | |
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Essence Mahamudra: The Mind of Nowness | |
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Wild Awakening | |
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The Ground of Essence Mahamudra | |
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The Path: Mahamudra Shamatha and Vipashyana | |
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The Fruition: The Stainless Trikaya | |
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The Dzogchen Journey | |
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Dzogchen: The Nine-Yana Journey | |
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The Great Exhaustion | |
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The Lineage of Dzogchen | |
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Not Losing the Way | |
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The Nine Stages of the Path | |
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The Shravakayana and the Pratyekabuddhayana | |
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The Shravakayana: Vehicle of the Hearers | |
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The Three Stages of Meditation | |
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The Four Noble Truths | |
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Pratimoksha: Individual Salvation | |
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The Pratyekabuddhayana: Vehicle of the Solitary Realizers | |
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The Hinayana Journey | |
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The Bodhisattvayana | |
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The Greater Vehicle | |
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The Fence of "Mine" | |
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Nurturing the Seed of Enlightenment | |
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Relative and Ultimate Bodhichitta | |
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The Six Paramitas | |
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The Bodhisattva | |
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The Two Main Streams of the Mahayana Lineage | |
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The Emotions: Friends and Enemies | |
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The Chittamatra and Madhyamaka Schools | |
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The Ground of the Two Truths | |
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Entering the Vajrayana | |
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Taking Risks | |
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Entering the Royal Banquet | |
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View and Meditation | |
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The Vehicle of Austerity and Awareness | |
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The Final Breakthrough | |
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The Vehicle of Overpowering Means | |
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The Guru in the Dzogchen Lineage | |
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Maha Yoga | |
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Anu Yoga | |
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Ati Yoga | |
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Waking Up | |
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Notes | |
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Glossary | |
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Nalandabodhi Centers | |
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Editors' Acknowledgments | |
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Illustration Credits | |
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Index | |
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About the Author | |