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Editor’s Introduction
Pronunciation of Sanskrit and Tibetan
PART ONE Approaching the Vajrayana
Introduction
1. The Dawning of the Great Eastern Sun
2. The Transition to Vajrayana
3. Entering the Diamond Path on a Solid Foundation
4. Uncovering Indestructible Goodness and Wakefulness
5. The Multifaceted Diamond Path
6. Seven Aspects of Vajrayana: The Space before First Thought
PART TWO The Teacher-Student Relationship
7. The Role of the Guru or Vajra Master
8. The Root Guru as the Epitome of Freedom
9. A Total Surrendering of Samsaric Logic
10. The Power of Devotion
PART THREE The Tülku Principle and the Trungpa Tülkus
11. The Tülku Principle
12. The Early Trungpas
13. The Later Trungpas
PART FOUR Essential Teachings
14. Unconditional Ground
15. Transcending Mental Concepts
16. Fundamental Magic
17. The Play of Space and Form
18. The Eight States of Consciousness and the Trikaya Principle
PART FIVE Complete Commitment
19. Samaya: Making a Commitment
20. Positive Entrapment
21. The Different Types of Samaya
22. Maintaining the Samaya Vow
23. Enlightenment and Its Opposite
24. Perfecting the Samaya Vow
PART SIX The Mandala Principle
25. The Sphere of Self-Born Wisdom
26. The Mandala of the Five Buddha-Families
27. The Outer Mandala
28. The Inner Mandala
29. The Secret Mandala
PART SEVEN Preliminary Practices
30. The Four Reminders
31. The Four Preliminaries
32. Guru Yoga
PART EIGHT Empowerment
33. Transmission
34. Surrendering
35. Entering the Vajra Mandala
36. Stability, Luminosity, and Joy
37. The Four Main Abhishekas
PART NINE Vajrayana Practice
38. Visualization and Sadhana Practice
39. The Importance of a Nontheistic View
PART TEN The Tantric Journey: Lower Tantra
Kriyayoga: The Yana of Purity
40. Kriyayoga: Trust in Reality
41. Kriyayoga: Purification
42. Kriyayoga: Empowerment
43. Kriyayoga: Practice
Upayoga: The Yana of Conduct
44. Upayoga: Unadorned Perception
45. Upayoga: Empowerment
46. Upayoga: Practice
Yogayana: The Yana of Union
47. Yogayana: Complete Union
48. Yogayana: Empowerments and Practice
PART ELEVEN The Tantric Journey: Mahamudra
Anuttarayoga: Highest Yoga
49. The Great Symbol
50. Devotion: The Essential Prerequisite for Mahamudra
51. Taking a Fresh Look at the Phenomenal World
52. Uniting with Open Space
53. The Challenge of Keeping Samaya
54. The Divisions of Anuttarayoga
55. Manifesting Mahamudra
56. Ground Mahamudra: Understanding Things as They Are
57. Path Mahamudra: The Experience of Meditation
58. Fruition Mahamudra: Realizing One’s Mind as Buddha
PART TWELVE The Tantric Journey: Higher Tantra
Mahayoga: The Yana of Great Union
59. Mahayoga: The Dawning of the Wisdom of Self-Existence
60. Mahayoga: Meditation and the Mandala Principle
61. Mahayoga: The Eight Logos
62. Mahayoga: Nondual Practice
Anuyoga: The Yana of Passion
63. Anuyoga: Joining Space and Wisdom
64. Anuyoga: Empowerment
65. Anuyoga: Practice
66. Anuyoga: No Boundaries
Atiyoga: The Great Completion
67. Atiyoga: Continuous Awake
68. Atiyoga: Primordial Enlightenment
69. Atiyoga: Fathomless Mind
70. Atiyoga: Mind, Space, and Instruction
71. Atiyoga: Meditation Practices
72. Atiyoga: Heightened Experience
73. Atiyoga: Everything and Nothing
Appendix 1: Kamalashila and the Great Debate
Appendix 2: The Song of Lodrö Thaye
Appendix 3: The Charnel Ground
Appendix 4: Notecards
Appendix 5: Outline of Teachings
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