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Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Biographical Note
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xv
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The Quick Ripening of the Desired Fruit
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Preface
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xxi
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Editor's Note
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xxiii
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Acknowledgments
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General Introduction: The Unity of the Different Traditions
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1 The Spirit of All Traditions
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Understanding Our Actual Nature
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2 The Basic Unity of All Traditions
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Realization of Mind as the Origin of All Traditions
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The Complementary of Different Traditions
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3 Buddhadharma
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The Inner Science
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The Transmission of Speech and Mind
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Pat One: Mind And Its Transformations
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Calling the Lama from Afar
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Section One: Mind, reality, and Illusion
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1 What is Mind?
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The Fundamental Paradox
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In Search of Mind
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2 One Mind, Two States
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Enlightenment and Illusion
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3. The Nature of Mind
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Openness
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Clarity
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Sensitivity
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A Brief Meditation
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4 Mind's Veils
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The Veil of Ignorance
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The Veil of the Basic Propensity
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The Veil of the Passions
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The Veil of Karma
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Dharma: A practice of Unveiling
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5 The Game of Illusion
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Karma
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Samsara
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Karma and Freedom
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6 The Six Realms
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The Hell Realm
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The Hungry Ghost Realm
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The Animal Realm
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The Human Realm
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The Jealous God Realm
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The Divine Realm
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7 Two Truths
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The Two Truths
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Karma, Interdependence, and Emptiness
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Section Two: The Transformations of Mind: Lives, Deaths, Rebirths
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1 Mind after Death
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One Life or Many Lives?
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Death and the Continuity of Mind
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2 Birth and Death: Continuity of Illusion
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Who Dies? Who is Born?
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The Five Aggregates of Individuality
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3 From Life to Life: Transitions and the Bardo
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Bardo
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The Four Great Bardos
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4 The Bardo of the Moment of Death
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Outer Dissolution
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Inner Dissolution
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5 The Bardo of Emptiness
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Lights and Deities
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6 The Bardo of Becoming
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The Body and the Mental World
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The Moment of Rebirth
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7 The Bardo of Birth to Death
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Gestation
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During Life
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8 The Eight Consciousnesses and the Five Principal Elements
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Alteration af the Elements in the Mind and Bardos
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9 The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination
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10 Practices at the Moment of Death
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Liberating Practices in the Different Bardos
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Wishes to Be Reborn in a Pure Land
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11 Human Life and Its Problems
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The Three Kinds of Suffering
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The Main Kinds of Human Suffering
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12 Human Life: Using It Well
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13 On the Urgency of Practice
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Part two: The Path of Liberation
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Beseeching the Lama to Shower Blessings
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Section One: A General Overview: The Different Aproaches of Dharma
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1 The Three Turnings of the Teaching
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The Turnings and the Yanas
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The Characteristics of Each Vehicle
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2 The Three Vehicles: complementary and Unity
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Three Methods
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Complementarity and Progression
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Section Two: The Hinayana: Path of Discipline
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1 The Path of Discipline
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The Discipline of Vows and meditation
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2 Refuge and the Three jewels
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Faith
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Buddha
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Dharma
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Sangha
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Taking Refuge
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3 Karma and Outer Discipline
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Negative Karma of Body, Speech, and Mind
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Positive Karma of Body, Speech, and Mind
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4 The Components and Results of Actions
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Qualitative and Quantitative Differences
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The Components and Results
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5 The Karma of Meditation
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Section Three: The Mahaya: Path of Opening and Compassion
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Introduction: From Hinayana to Mahayana
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1 Boddhicitta and Bodhisattva Vow
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The Different Aspect of Bodhicitta
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The Bodhisattva Vow
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2 Compassion
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Three Levels of Compassion
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Tonglen
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Universal Love
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The Eight Aspirations of a Great Being
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3 Emptiness, Heart of Compassion
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From Compassion to Emptiness
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Emptiness: Twofold Selflessness
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From Emptiness to Compassion
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4 The Two Accumulation
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The Accumulation of Merit
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The Accumulation of Wisdom
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5 The Six Perfections
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Generosity
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Discipline
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Patience
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Effort
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Meditation
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Transcendent Wisdom
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6 Samatha-Vipasyana
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Meditation
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Analytical ans Contemplative meditation
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Samatha, Vipasyana, and Mahamudra
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The Practice of Samatha
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Insight Practice
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The Path of Samatha
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The Practice of Vipasyana
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7 The Stages of Realization
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The Five Paths
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8 Enlightenment and the Three Bodies of the Buddha
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The Buddha's Enlightenment
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The Qualities of a Buddha's Body, Speech, and Mind
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The Three Bodies of the Buddha
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Section Four: The Vajrayana: Path of Transmutation
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1 The Path of Transmutation
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Uniqueness of Vajrayana
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The Secret Teaching
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2 The Guide and Spiritual Direction
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The Lama: Spiritual Father-Mother
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Levels of Relationship with the Guide
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3 Transmission and Blessing
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Continuity of the Lineage
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The Role of the Root Lama
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4 The Three Roots
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Lama
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Yidam
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Dharmapala
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Outer, Inner, and Absolute Refuges
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5 Progression in Vajrayana
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Slow Path, Instant path
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Stage of Progress
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The Common Preliminary Practices
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The Precious Human Rebirth
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The Impermanence and Death
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Faults of Samsara
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Karmic Causality
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7 The Ngongro
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Refuge and Prostrations
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Vajrasattava Purification
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Offering the Mandala
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Guru Yoga
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8 Deity Yoga
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Relative Deity, Ultimate deity
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The Two Stages of Deity Yoga
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9 The Subsequent Practices
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The Five Golden Teachings
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The Tree of the Five Golden Teachings
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Section Five: Mahamudra And Dzogchen: The Immediate Path
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1 Mahamudra and Dzogchen
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Mahamudra
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Path of Mahamudra
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2 Transmission and Qualification
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The Golden Nugget
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Three Kinds of Receptivity
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3 Ngondro: Introducing Mind
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To See Mind
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A Personal Relationship
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4 The Practice of Mahamudra
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Preliminaries before a Session
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The Mind of Immediacy
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The Three key Points
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Mind's Three Bodies
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Integration and Transmutation of Thoughts and Emotions
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5 Experience and Realization
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Recognizing, Cultivating, Stabilizing
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The Four Yogas
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Conclusion
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Section Six: Dharma Practice Today
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1 Living Dharma in Daily Life
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Right Motivation
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Detachment
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246
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The Six Perfections in Daily life
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247
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A Day of Practice
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249
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2 The Study and Practice of Dharma
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251
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How to Listen to dharm
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251
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Practice in Daily Life
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251
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In a Dharma Center
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252
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On Retreat
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252
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The Three-Years Retreat
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253
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Tibetan Language Study
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254
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Monastic Discipline
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255
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Beyond Attachment
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256
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Patriarchs of the linage: Different Styles of Practice
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257
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Epilogue: The Great Ship of Liberation
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261
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Notes
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List of Stories and Anecdotes
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275
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List of Illustrations
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277
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Glossary of Terms
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279
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Glossary of Proper Names
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285
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Index
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