CONTENTS

Preface

Part One: Introduction

1. General Introduction

2. Origin of Lamrim Instructions

Part Two: Preparatory Practices

3. Creating a Conducive Environment

4. Preparing the Mind

5. Visualization of the Merit Field

6. Seven-Limbed Practice

7. The Three Aspirations

8. Invoking the Inspiring Power of the Lineage

9. Reviewing the Stages of the Path

10. Dissolution of the Merit Field

11. Activities of the Between-Session Periods

12. Summary

Part Three: Main Lamrim Meditations

13. Reliance on a Spiritual Teacher

14. Recognizing the Human Potential

(Practices common to trainees of initial capacity)

15. Death and Impermanence

16. Sufferings of the Lower Realms

17. Seeking Refuge

18. Karma

(Practices common to trainees of middling capacity)

19. The Defects of Cyclic Existence in General

20. The Specific Sufferings of the Different Realms

21. The Path to Liberation

(Practices for the trainees of great capacity)

22. The Mind of Great Capacity

23. The Seven-Point Cause and Effect Method

24. Equalizing and Exchanging Oneself with Others

25. Bodhisattva Vows Rite

26. The Bodhisattva Deeds

27. Calm Abiding of Mind

28. Wisdom through Special Insight

29. Tantra in Context

Appendix 1: Commitments and Precepts of Thought Transformation Practice

Appendix 2: Bodhisattva Vows

Appendix 3: Outline of The Complete Foundation

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Books by the Dalai Lama

Index

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