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Foreword by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
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xi
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Preface
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xv
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Introduction
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1.
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A Yogi's Guide to the Dharma
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1
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Overview of the Three Turnings and the Mantra Collection of the Vidyadharas
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3
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-- Khenpo Pema Vajra
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2.
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The Consolation of Solitude
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13
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Uniting Outer and Inner Solitude: Advice for Alak Dongak Gyatso
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17
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-- Patrul Rinpoche
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3.
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The Rime of the Ancients' Monk-Scholar
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23
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Wondrous Talk Brought About by Conversing with a Friend
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25
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The Four Dharma Traditions of the Land of Tibet
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30
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-- Jamgon Mipham
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4.
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Analysis and What Lies Beyond
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33
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Profound Instruction on the View of the Middle Way
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35
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The Essence of Mind
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39
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The Essence of Wisdom: How to Sustain the Face of Rigpa
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41
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The Nature of Mind
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43
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A Lamp to Dispel Darkness
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44
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-- Jamgon Mipham
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5.
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A Midlife Crisis (of Allegiance)
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51
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Advice to the Dodrup Incarnation, Jigme Tenpe Nyima
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55
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-- Jamgon Mipham
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6.
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The Final Roar of a Scholar-Lion
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59
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Advice in Response to the Request of the Faithful, Diligent, and Intelligent Deshul Drakden
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62
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-- Jigme Tenpe Nyima
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A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing
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67
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On the Ignorance of the Learned
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69
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-- Jigme Tenpe Nyima
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8.
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Remembrance of Awareness Present
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73
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Advice for the Devoted Student Gyurme Dorje
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75
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-- Jigme Tenpe Nyima
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9.
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A Portrait of the Master as a Young Tulku
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85
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Answers to Questions on the Great Perfection
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87
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-- Jigme Tenpe Nyima
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10.
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Please Debate the Messenger
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101
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The Messenger of Authentic Reasoning
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104
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-- Amdo Geshe Jampal Rolwe Lodro
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11.
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Demolition, Dzogchen Style
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113
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How to Practice the Path of the Great Perfection
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117
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-- Yukhok Chatralwa Choying Rangdrol
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12.
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Playing a Flute in an Empty Valley
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129
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Memorandum on Mahamudra and Dzogchen Instructions
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133
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-- Dongak Chokyi Gyatso
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Acknowledgments
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137
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Notes
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139
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Text Translated
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147
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Bibliography
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151
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Index
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155
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