CONTENTS: A Lullaby to Awaken the Heart
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Acknowledgments
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ix
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Abbreviations
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xi
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Preface
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xiii
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Part I. Samantabhadra and His Legacy
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1.
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Who or What Is Samantabhadra?
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3
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2.
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The Shortest Biography of Any Buddha Ever: Samantabhadra's Instantaneous Freedom
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7
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3.
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The Five Aspects of Samantabhadra
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17
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4.
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Samantabhadra's Appearance
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21
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Part II. The Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra
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23
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5.
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The Northern Treasures
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25
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6.
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The Source of
The Aspiration Prayer: Samantabhadra's Unobstructed Awakened Mind
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29
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7.
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The Nature of
The Aspiration Prayer
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37
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What Is a Buddhist Aspiration Prayer?
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37
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The Uniqueness of
The Aspiration Prayer
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48
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A Language of Self-Recognition without a Self, an Agent, or Duality
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59
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9.
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The Structure of
The Aspiration Prayer and Its Different Versions
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79
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10.
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The Aspiration Prayer as a Practice
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85
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11.
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The Three Tibetan Commentaries
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91
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Jigme Lingpa's
Lancet
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91
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The Fifteenth Karmapa's
Ketaka
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93
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Tsultrim Sangpo's
Lamp
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95
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Part III. Translations
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The Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra as the Nineteenth Chapter of the Tantra of Samantabhadra's Unobstructed Awakened Mind
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101
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The Common Version of
The Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra
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107
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The Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra for Recitation
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113
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Clearing the Guide to The Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra with the Lancet of a Tika by Jigme Lingpa
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A Commentary on the Meaning of The Aspiration Prayer of SamantabhadraI Found in the Great Tantra of the Unobstructed Awakened Mind from the Norther Treasures, an Explanation Called Ketaka Lucidly Arranged in the Form of a Few Glosses by the Fifteenth Karmapa
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An Exposition of The Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra Found in the Great Tantra of the Unobstructed Awakened Mind of the Norther Treasures, Called The Lamp That Clearly Illuminates the Short Path of Samantabhadra byTsultrim Sangpo
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Appendix 1. The Outlines of the Commentaries
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Appendix 2. The Ground, Its Manifestations, and Samantabhadra's Freedom
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205
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Appendix 3. The Arising of Delusion and the Unchanging Inherent Purity of All Samsaric Manifestations
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227
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Appendix 4. How Buddha Nature and Its Pure Qualities Pervade All Sentient Beings
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237
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Appendix 5. The Distinctions between All-Ground and Dharmakaya as well as Mind and Wisdom
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249
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Appendix 6. The Kayas and Wisdoms
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263
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Appendix 7. The Many Facets of the Single Freedom
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287
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Appendix 8.
An Aspiration Prayer for Ground, Path, and Fruition by Jigme Lingpa
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315
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Appendix 9.
The Essential Point of Practice by Patrul Rinpoche
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319
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Appendix 10.
Afflictions as Wisdom, Skandhas as Avalokitesvara by Patrul Rinpoche
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323
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Chart: The Ground, Its Manifestations, and the Resulting Freedom or Delusion
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327
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Notes
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329
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English--Tibetan Glossary
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471
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Tibetan--English Glossary
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475
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Bibliography
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479
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About the Author
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487
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