Foreword by H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche	ix
	Translator's Introduction	xi
	Essay on the Three Great Masters by H.E. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche	xxxv
	The Root Text
	Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo	1
	The Commentary
	Section One
	Prologue and Teachings on the Title, the Sign Script, and the Homage
1.	Homage and Prologue	21
2.	Teaching on the Title	25
3.	Explaining the Sign Script and Homage	36
	Section Two
	The Explanation of the Actual Body of the Text
4.	The Setting	43
5.	The Circumstances	53
6.	The Four Vajra Syllables	54
7.	The Five Perfections and Instructions to Retain the Teaching	63
8.	The Meaning of the Ground	68
	Section Three
	Path
9.	How to Follow a Spiritual Guide	87
10.	The Four Mind Changings	95
11.	Taking Refuge	110
12.	Conventional Bodhicitta of Aspiration	115
13.	Conventional Bodhicitta of Application	121
14.	The View of the Ultimate Bodhicitta	135
15.	The Meditation of Ultimate Bodhicitta and Its Results	147
	Appendices and Notes
1.	The Six Limits and Four Modes	161
2.	The Four Noble Truths	167
3.	The Four Dhyanas and Formless States	170
4.	The Sugata Essence	175
5.	Padmakara and the Four Viyadhara Levels	179
6.	Shakyamuni.s Prophecy about Buddhism in Tibet	181
7.	The Five Aggregates	183
8.	Establishing the Basis for Beginning the Teaching	186
9.	The Actual Beginning of the Teaching	191
10.	The Sixty Aspects of Melodious Speech	195
11.	The Four Schools of Buddhist Philosophy	197
12.	The Bodhisattva Bhumis	201
	Epilogue	206
	Notes	208
	Index	287