Illustrations ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xxi

PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS
Homage 3
Chapter One A Book of the Living 5
Chapter Two Liberation: Uncoiling in Space 21
Chapter Three Hearing: The Power of Transmission 43
Chapter Four Bardo: The Experience of Nowness 53
Chapter Five The Rainbow of Elements 71
Chapter Six The Five-Step Process of Ego 91
Chapter Seven The Display of the Awakened State 111
Chapter Eight Six Styles of Imprisonment 141
Chapter Nine The Threefold Pattern of the Path 173
Chapter Ten The Great Perfection 195

PART TWO: THE TEXT
Chapter Eleven Luminosity of Death 217
Chapter Twelve Invincible Peace 249
Chapter Thirteen Crazy Wisdom 289
Chapter Fourteen Wrathful Compassion 307
Chapter Fifteen At the Womb Door 345

Aspiration 369
Notes 371
Illustration Credits 383
Index 385