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Title Page Translator’s Preface Prologue Part I - An Exploration of Nagarjuna’s Fundamental Stanzas on the Middle Way 1. Approaching the Profound

SEQUENCE OF ANALYSIS THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS A HIERARCHY OF VIEWS THE TWO TRUTHS

2. Twelve Links of Dependent Origination

FUNDAMENTAL IGNORANCE, THE FIRST LINK IMPRINTS ON OUR CONSCIOUSNESS BEGINNINGLESS MIND THE FOUR PRINCIPLES WHY THINGS CHANGE KARMA, THE SECOND LINK THE THIRD AND FOURTH LINKS THE FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH LINKS EIGHTH AND NINTH LINKS THE TENTH, ELEVENTH, AND TWELFTH LINKS THE TWELVE LINKS IN REVERSE SEQUENCE HOW THE TWELVE LINKS OF DEPENDENT ORIGINATION ARE COMPLETED THE SEQUENCE OF CESSATION

3. The Analysis of Self and No-Self

TYPES OF SELFLESSNESS THE RELATIVE I TIME AND THE SELF SEARCHING FOR THE SELF DISMANTLING THE CAUSES OF CYCLIC EXISTENCE PRESENTING THE FOURTH NOBLE TRUTH NEITHER SELF NOR SELFLESSNESS A SIMPLE NEGATION COUNTERING MISUNDERSTANDING AFFLICTIONS AND THEIR IMPRINTS

4. Establishing Conventional Truth

PRESENTING THE OBJECTIONS DEPENDENT DESIGNATION DISTINGUISHING PROPERLY FLAWS IN THE ESSENTIALIST POSITION ONLY EMPTINESS MAKES SENSE

Part II - An Exploration of Tsongkhapa’s Three Principal Aspects of the Path 5. Practicing the Profound

A FIRM FOUNDATION A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH RENUNCIATION A QUALIFIED TEACHER BENEFIT BEYOND THIS LIFE THE SUFFERING OF SAMSARA MEASURE OF TRUE RENUNCIATION BODHICHITTA, THE AWAKENING MIND MEDITATING ON EMPTINESS CULTIVATING UNDERSTANDING PRACTICE THE PROFOUND

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