Lama Thubten Yeshe (1935-1984) was born in Tibet and educated at the great Sera Monastic University. He fled the Chinese oppression in 1959 and in the late 1960s, with his chief disciples, Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, began teaching Buddhism to Westerners at their Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal. In 1975 they founded the international Buddhist organization, the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), which now has about 80 branches worldwide.

Foreword by Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche  
Editors' Preface
Introduction by Jonathan Landaw
Prayer to the Lineage Lamas of the Six Yogas of Naropa

Part One  The Six Yogas of Naropa
1  Tantra and Inner Fire
2  The Six Yogas and the Mahasiddha Naropa
3  The Mahasiddha Je Tsongkhapa
4  The Point Is to Practice

Part Two  Preliminary Practices
5  Preparing the Mind
6  Receiving Initiation
7  Purifying Negativities
8  The Inspiration of the Guru

Part Three  Going Beyond Appearances
9  Transforming Death, Intermediate State, and Rebirth
10  Arising as a Divine Being
11  The Characteristics of Body and Mind
12  Unifying Relative and Absolute

Part Four  Awakening the Vajra Body
13  Hatha Yoga
14  Channels and Chakras
15  Blissful Syllables
16  Vase Breathing Meditation

Part Five  Discovering Totality
17  Inner Fire Meditation
18  Good Things and Bad Things Can Happen
19  Simultaneously Born Great Blissful Wisdom
20  Becoming Vajradhara

Part Six  Living with Inner Fire
21  Your Pleasure Is Your Responsibility
22  Never Forget Inner Fire

Appendix 1: Sanskrit Pronunciation Guide
Appendix 2: Table of Foreign Word Transliterations
Appendix 3: Outline of Having the Three Convictions
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Suggested Further Reading
Index