1. Trust
2. Faith
3. Devotion
4. Complete openness / lo-te lingkyur
5. Daringness
Chapter 9. A Total Surrendering of Samsaric Logic
Three Gates of Entering into the Vajrayana
1. Body
2. Speech
3. Mind
Chapter 10. The Power of Devotion
View of Ourselves in the Three Yanas
1. Hinayana / abundance of pain and heaps
2. Mahayana / abundance of fixations
3. Vajrayana / fear of profound meaning
Two Aspects of Devotion
1. Longing / möpa
2. Respect / küpa
PART THREE. THE TÜLKU PRINCIPLE AND THE TRUNGPA TÜLKUS
Chapter 11. The Tülku Principle
The Three Kayas (Trikaya)
1. Dharmakaya
2. Sambhogakaya
3. Nirmanakaya
Different Kinds of Tülkus
1. Blessed tülkus
2. Anonymous tülkus
3. Direct tülkus
Chapter 12. The Early Trungpas
Trung Ma-se (15th century)
First Trungpa / Künga Gyaltsen (early 15th century)
Second Trungpa / Künga Sangpo (b. 1464)
Third Trungpa / Künga Öser (15th–16th centuries)
Fourth Trungpa / Künga Namgyal (1567–1629)
Fifth Trungpa / Tenpa Namgyal (1633–1712)
Chapter 13. The Later Trungpas
Sixth Trungpa / Tendzin Chökyi Gyatso (1715–1734 est.)
Seventh Trungpa / Jampal Chökyi Gyatso (1743–1768 est.)
Eighth Trungpa / Gyurme Tenphel (b. 1771)
Ninth Trungpa / Tenpa Rabgye (19th century)
Tenth Trungpa / Chökyi Nyin-je (1875–1938)
Eleventh Trungpa / Chökyi Gyatso (1940–1987)
Twelfth Trungpa / Chökyi Senge (b. 1989)
PART FOUR. ESSENTIAL TEACHINGS
Chapter 14. Unconditional Ground
Two Aspects of Experiencing Vajra Nature
1. Ku / body aspect
2. Yeshe / jnana / shining and monitoring aspect
Threefold Vajra Nature (Vajra Being)
1. Vajra body
2. Vajra speech
3. Vajra mind
Twofold Freedom
1. Freedom from samsara
2. Freedom from nirvana
Chapter 15. Transcending Mental Concepts
Two Types of Lo
1. Ordinary lo
a. Lo-pham / disappointment
b. Lo-te / trustworthiness
2. Transcendental lo
Lodrö / established minding
Chapter 16. Fundamental Magic
Three Root Kleshas
1. Passion
2. Aggression
3. Ignorance
Five Vajrayana Sayings
1. Rikpa free from sem
2. Buddha without breath
3. Meditation without thought, but luminous
4. Action without fixation or desire
5. View without desire
Chapter 17. The Play of Space and Form
Four Levels of Space
1. Dorje ying / vajradhatu / indestructible space
2. Ranjung gi yeshe / self-existing wisdom
3. Dö-me ying / primordial space
4. Dharmadhatu / intricate space
Three Levels of Form
1. Dharmakaya / the body of dharma
2. Sambhogakaya / the body of joy
3. Nirmanakaya / emanation body
Chapter 18. The Eight States of Consciousness and the Trikaya Principle
The Trikaya
1. Dharmakaya / mind without fixation
2. Sambhogakaya / clear perception of the phenomenal world
3. Nirmanakaya / natural existence
The Eight States of Consciousness
1. Seeing consciousness
2. Hearing consciousness
3. Smelling consciousness
4. Tasting consciousness
5. Touching consciousness
6. Mind consciousness
7. Klesha consciousness
8. Alaya consciousness
PART FIVE. COMPLETE COMMITMENT
Chapter 19. Samaya: Making a Commitment
Commitment in the Three Yanas
1. Hinayana refuge vow
Three Refuges
a. Buddha / the example
b. Dharma / the path
c. Sangha / companionship
2. Mahayana bodhisattva vow Six Paramitas
a. Generosity
b. Discipline
c. Patience
d. Exertion
e. Meditation
f. Prajna (wisdom)
3. Vajrayana samaya vow
Chapter 20. Positive Entrapment
Threefold Nailing
1. The guru
2. The yidam
3. The student
Threefold Tantric Samaya
1. Technique
2. Devotion
3. Being beyond technique
Chapter 21. The Different Types of Samaya
Three Aspects of Samaya
1. Seed samaya
2. Upaya samaya
3. Fruition samaya
Samaya of Threefold Vajra Nature
1. Samaya of vajra body / chagya kü tamtsik
2. Samaya of vajra speech / trilbu sunggi tamtsik
3. Samaya of vajra mind / dorje thukkyi tamtsik
Vajra Master Samaya
1. Samaya of body
2. Samaya of speech
3. Samaya of mind
Chapter 22. Maintaining the Samaya Vow
Threefold Samayashila Bond
1. Bond to work on yourself
2. Bond not to create suffering for yourself or other beings
3. Bond to overcome the kleshas
Two Levels of Discipline
1. Workability
2. Union of great joy and wisdom
Chapter 23. Enlightenment and Its Opposite
Chapter 24. Perfecting the Samaya Vow
Profundity and Vastness
1. Profundity or depth
a. Fixation and grasping
b. Grasping and fixation
2. Vastness or breadth
PART SIX. THE MANDALA PRINCIPLE
Chapter 25. The Sphere of Self-Born Wisdom
Self-Born Wisdom
1. Free from speculation
2. Unchanging and spontaneous
The Iconography of the Mandala
1. The charnel ground
2. The center deity palace
3. The four directions
a. East / white or blue / dawn of vision
b. South / yellow / richness
c. West / red / magnetizing and joy
d. North / green / action
Samsaric Mandala
The Six Realms
1. Hell realm
2. Hungry ghost realm
3. Animal realm
4. Human realm
5. Jealous god realm
6. God realm
Chapter 26. The Mandala of the Five Buddha-Families
The Five Buddha-Families
1. Vajra family
2. Ratna family
3. Padma family
4. Karma family
5. Buddha family
Qualities of the Five Buddha-Families
For a listing of buddha-family qualities, see “Attributes of the Five Buddha-Families”
Chapter 27. The Outer Mandala
Threefold Mandala Principle
1. Outer
2. Inner
3. Secret
Four Styles of Entering into Reality
1. Ayatanas
The Twelve Ayatanas
1–2. Eyes / sights
3–4. Ears / sounds
5–6. Nose / smells
7–8. Tongue / tastes
9–10. Body / touchable
objects
11–12. Mind / mental objects
2. Dhatus
The Eighteen Dhatus (The Twelve Ayatanas Plus Consciousnesses)
1–2–3. Eyes / sights / seeing consciousness
4–5–6. Ears / sounds/ hearing consciousness
7–8–9. Nose / smells / smelling consciousness
10–11–12. Tongue / tastes / tasting consciousness
13–14–15. Body / touchable objects / touching consciousness
16–17–18. Mind / mental objects / mind consciousness
3. Cognition
4. Deeper perception
Division of Ordinary World
1. Friends / desirable
2. Enemies / undesirable
3. Neutrals / couldn’t care less
Entering through the Four Gates of the Mandala
1. Eastern gate / entering peacefully
2. Southern gate / entering with richness
3. Western gate / entering with passion
4. Northern gate / entering with aggression
Chapter 28. The Inner Mandala
Constituents of the Inner Mandala
The Five Skandhas
1. Form
2. Feeling
3. Perception / impulse
4. Concept / formation
5. Consciousness
The Five Kleshas
1. Ignorance
2. Aggression
3. Pride
4. Passion
5. Jealousy
The Five Wisdoms
1. Wisdom of All-Encompassing Space / Center
2. Mirrorlike Wisdom / East
3. Wisdom of Equanimity / South
4. Discriminating-Awareness Wisdom / West
5. Wisdom of All-Accomplishing Actions / North
Three Constituents of the Body from the View of Inner Mandala
1. Prana
2. Nadi
3. Bindu
Chapter 29. The Secret Mandala
Vajrayana Magic
1. Magic of encountering the vajrayana
2. Magic of meeting a teacher
3. Magic of practice
PART SEVEN. PRELIMINARY PRACTICES
Chapter 30. The Four Reminders
The Four Reminders
1. Precious human birth
a. Free
Free from the Eight Unfavorable Conditions
i. Living in the hell realm
ii. Living in the hungry ghost realm
iii. Living in the animal realm
iv. Being a barbarian uninterested in spirituality
v. Being a long-life god attached to temporary happiness
vi. Holding wrong views
vii. Being born at a time when the Buddha is absent
viii. Being stupid and unable to express yourself
b. Well-favored
Possessing the Ten Positive Circumstances
i. Being human
ii. Being born in a country where one can meet holy persons
iii. Having all the senses
iv. Not reverting to evil deeds
v. Having devotion to the teachings
vi. A buddha has appeared in this world
vii. A buddha has taught the dharma
viii. The dharma continues to be taught
ix. There are followers of the dharma
x. There is love and support from others
c. Difficult to find
3. Death and impermanence
4. Karmic cause and effect
5. The torment of samsara
Chapter 31. The Four Preliminaries
The Four Preliminaries (Ngöndro)
1. Prostrations
2. Refuge formula
3. Vajrasattva mantra recitation
4. Mandala offering
Two Accumulations
a. Relative accumulation / material wealth / powers
b. Absolute accumulation / yeshe
Chapter 32. Guru Yoga
Threefold Logic of Devotion
1. Blessings / chinlap
2. Changing your perception / nangwa-gyur
3. Nonthought / tokpa gak
PART EIGHT. EMPOWERMENT
Chapter 33. Transmission
Necessities for Relating with Vajrayana and the Vajrayana Teacher
1. Playfulness
2. Generosity
Three Levels of Transmission
1. Hinayana
2. Mahayana
3. Vajrayana
Three Types of Confirmation
1. Lung / access to powers of abhisheka
2. Wang / abhisheka itself
3. Tri / detailed instructions
Chapter 34. Surrendering
Two Levels of Transmission
1. Popping your reserves
2. Introducing freshness and ordinariness
Chapter 35. Entering the Vajra Mandala
Chapter 36. Stability, Luminosity, and Joy
Working with the Trikaya Principle
1. Dharmakaya / shamatha / formless kaya
2. Sambhogakaya / vipashyana / form kaya
3. Nirmanakaya / vipashyana / form kaya
Levels of Great Joy
1. Mahasukha of example
2. Mahasukha of reality
Chapter 37. The Four Main Abhishekas
The Four Main Abhishekas
1. Outer abhisheka / coronation
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