CONTENTS

Publisher’s Note

Preface

Acknowledgment

I: Essence of Tantra

by The Dalai Lama

Tantra for Practice

Refuge

Lesser Vehicle and Great Vehicle

Vajrayāna

Clear Light

Greatness of Mantra

Clarification

Initiation

II: The Great Exposition of Secret Mantra

by Tsongkhapa

Reasons for Faith

Paths to Buddhahood

Vajra Vehicle

Deity Yoga

Method in the Four Tantras

One Goal

Identifying the Four Tantras

Preparation for Mantra

III: Supplement

by Jeffrey Hopkins

Rehearsing the Differences between the Vehicles

Quintessential Points on the Difference between the Lesser Vehicle and Great Vehicle and the Two Great Vehicles

Emptiness

Psychological Transformation

Purpose of the Four Tantras

Appendix

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

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