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Contents: Machik's Complete Explanation: Clarifying the Meaning of Chod |
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Foreword by Thrangu Rinpoche |
9 |
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Acknowledgments |
11 |
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Preface |
13 |
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Introduction |
21 |
| 1. |
Training |
57 |
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Previous Life in India |
57 |
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Her Birthplace, Parents, and Birth |
59 |
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Childhood |
63 |
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Life as a Recitation Chaplain with Lama Drapa |
65 |
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First Meeting with Dampa Sangye |
66 |
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Meeting with Sonam Lama |
67 |
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Empowerment |
69 |
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Other Masters |
72 |
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Teachings from Dampa Sangye |
72 |
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Synopsis |
75 |
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Maturity |
77 |
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Meeting Topa Bhadra |
77 |
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Empowerment from Sonam Lama |
81 |
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Empowerment from Dampa |
83 |
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The Red House of Copper Mountain |
84 |
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Encounter with Tara |
86 |
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Tonyon Samdrup |
89 |
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The Inquisition of the Indian Panditas |
93 |
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Manchik's Teachings and Transmissions |
98 |
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The Questions of Tonyon Samdrup |
103 |
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How Tonyon Perceives Machik |
106 |
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How She Emanates |
107 |
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The Five Degenerations |
107 |
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The Specialness of Chod |
109 |
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About Mahamudra |
114 |
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The Questions of Gangpa Muksang |
117 |
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The Four Devils |
117 |
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When to Sever Them |
121 |
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Six Kinds of Gods and Demons |
123 |
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Evidence of Success at Severance |
133 |
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Tonyon's Questions on Chod |
137 |
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Giving Rise to the Resolve for Enlightenment and Gathering the Guests |
140 |
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Meditating on the Objects of Refuge, Training the Mind in the Four Immeasurables, and Inviting the Field of Accumulation |
144 |
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Paying Homage with the Eight Branches and Making Offerings |
153 |
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Separating Body and Mind (powa) and Offering the Mandala |
156 |
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Supplicating and Bringing Down Blessings |
162 |
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Offering the Body and Giving It in Charity |
163 |
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Concluding with the Dedication, Prayers, and Dissolution |
181 |
| 6. |
The Questions of Gyenema |
185 |
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Death and Dying |
185 |
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Divisions of the Body |
189 |
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Outer and Inner Gods and Demons |
195 |
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Characteristics of the Body |
196 |
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The Syllables Ha, Hung, and P'e |
203 |
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The Questions of Chokyi Senge |
205 |
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The Ten Obligations |
205 |
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Dress Styles of Chod |
207 |
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Identifying Local Spirits |
212 |
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Size and Quantities in the Chod Visualizations |
214 |
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Uprisings, Apparitions, Evidence of Success and Evidence of Severance |
217 |
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The Common and Uncommon Evidence of Success |
221 |
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The Question of Jetsun Zilnon |
231 |
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Outer and Inner Apparitions of Spirits |
231 |
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General Apparitions |
247 |
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Special Occurrences |
250 |
| 9. |
The Questions of Sonam Gyen |
253 |
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Future Corruption of State Law |
253 |
| 10. |
More Questions of Sonam Gyen |
261 |
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Future Deterioration of Religious Ethics |
261 |
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The Future of Chod |
271 |
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Colophon |
282 |
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Abbreviations Used in Notes |
283 |
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Notes |
285 |
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Glossary |
329 |
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Bibliography |
339 |
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Index |
347 |
