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CONTENTS: Six-Session Guru Yoga
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About the Author
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xiv
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Preface
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xvii
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INTRODUCTION
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COMMENTARY TO THE
SIX-SESSION GURU YOGA
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Homage to Manjughosha
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3
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Taking Refuge and Generating Bodhichitta
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5
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The Four Immeasurables
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14
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Wishing Bodhichitta
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17
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Active Bodhichitta and the Bodhisattva Vows
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20
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Rejoicing and Remembering
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23
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Visualizing the Merit Field
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27
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Prostrating to the Lama
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34
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Eight Lines of Praise
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38
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Eight Lines of Praise to Chakrasamvara
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38
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Eight Lines of Praise to Vajrayogini
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46
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Benefits of Reciting the Lines of Praise
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50
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Outer, Inner, and Secret Offerings
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53
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Mandala Offering
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57
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Verses of Entreaty
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61
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Generating Faith in the Lama by Recalling His Good Qualities
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61
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Dedication to the Lama through Thought
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65
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Dedication to the Lama through Action
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68
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The Merit Field Comes to the Crown of My Head
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70
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Guru Vajradhara Dissolves into Me
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72
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I Appear as the Deity
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75
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Practicing Generosity
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80
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Recitation of the Vows
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82
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Vinaya Vows of a Fully-Ordained Monk
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82
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Eighteen Bodhisattva Root Downfalls
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85
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Fourteen Tantric Root Downfalls
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105
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Three Groups of Secondary Tantric Pledges
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122
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Actions to Avoid
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122
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Actions to Practice
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123
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Further Actions to Avoid
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123
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Ten Tantric Gross Transgressions
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128
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Eight Unique Mother Tantra Vows
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138
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Reminder to Keep the Three Classes of Vows
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144
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Maintaining Buddhist Dharma for the Benefit of Others
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146
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Final Prayer
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148
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AN EXPLANATION OF THE FORTY-SIX BODHISATTVA SECONDARY OFFENSES
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Forty-Six Bodhisattva Secondary Offenses
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155
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Conclusion
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203
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SIX-SESSION GURU YOGA ROOT TEXT IN TIBETAN AND ENGLISH
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206
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Illustration of Ritual Instruments
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242
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How to Recite the
Six-Session Guru Yoga
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244
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APPENDIX: GROSS TRANSGRESSIONS THAT VIOLATE THE PRECEPTS FOUND IN THE
FIFTY VERSES OF GURU DEVOTION
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247
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ENDNOTES
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251
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GLOSSARY
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Tibetan to English
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269
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English to Tibetan
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281
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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293
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INDEX
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301
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