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CONTENTS: Sun of Wisdom
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Translator's Preface
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vii
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Introduction
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ix
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Opening Homage
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1
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1.
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An Examination of Causal Conditions
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3
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2.
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An Examination of Coming and Going
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11
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3.
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An Examination of the Sources of Consciousness
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19
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4.
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An Examination of the Aggregates
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27
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5.
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An Examination of the Elements
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37
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6.
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An Examination of Desire and the Desirous One
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43
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7.
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An Examination of the Composite
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49
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8.
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An Examination of Actors and Actions
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55
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9.
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An Examination of What Comes First
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59
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10.
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An Examination of Fire and Firewood
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65
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11.
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An Examination of Samsara
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71
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12.
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An Examination of Suffering
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77
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13.
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An Examination of the Precise Nature of Reality
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83
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14.
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An Examination of Contact
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87
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An Examination of Things and the Absence of Things
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93
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16.
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An Examination of Bondage and Liberation
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99
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An Examination of Karmic Actions and Results
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109
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18.
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An Examination of Self and Phenomena
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113
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An Examination of Time
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123
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20.
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An Examination of Collections
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129
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21.
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An Examination of Emergence and Decay
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137
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22.
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An Examination of the Tathagata
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141
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23.
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An Examination of Mistakes
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147
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24.
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An Examination of the Four Noble Truths
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155
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25.
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An Examination of Nirvana
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161
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26.
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An Examination of the Twelve Links of Existence
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171
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27.
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An Examination of Views
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177
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Concluding Homage
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181
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Appendix 1. Root Verses from The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way |
183 |
| Appendix 2. The Heart of Wisdom Sutra |
193 |
| Appendix 3. The Twenty Emptinesses from Chandrakirti's Entering the Middle Way
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197 |
| Appendix 4. An Authentic Portrait of the Middle Way: A Vajra Song of Realization of the Lord of Yogis Milarepa
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205 |
| Glossary
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207 |
