Contents: Skillful Grace: Tara Practice for Our Times
	Foreword	9
	Preface	13
	Introduction	17
	THE ESSENTIAL INSTRUCTION ON THE THREEFOLD EXCELLENCE	37
	AN OVERVIEW OF THE THREEFOLD EXCELLENCE	37
	SKILLFUL GRACE	55
	Introduction	55
	Historical Background	64
	Stepping Stones for the Path: Hinayana	67
	Preliminaries for the Session	68
	Preliminaries for the Teaching	70
	Refuge	81
	For Those of Medium Capacity	83
	THE EXCELLENCE OF THE MIDDLE - MAHAYANA	91
	Bodhichitta of Aspiration	96
	Bodhichitta of Application	99
	Prajna	115
	THE EXCELLENCE OF THE END - VAJRAYANA	125
	Approach	125
	Acomplishment	130
	Sadhana Retreat	142
	ANUTTARA YOGA	149
	Special Preliminaries	149
	The Main Part	153
	The Subsequent Yoga	168
	The Exquisite Yoga	169
	The Great Yoga	171
	Conclusion	172
	APPENDIX	175
	A description of Tara by the 15th Gyalwang Karmapa	175
	The Twenty-One Taras described by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo	176
	Endnotes	181