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CONTENTS: Five Stages of (Pancakrama) and Condensed Stage (Pindikrama) of (Mahasiddha) Nagarjunapada
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Translator's Preface
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Acknowledgements
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iv
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Part I -- Introduction
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1.
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Introduction
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Consensus of Biographical Details on Nagarjuna
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The Case for Nagarjuna as Vajracarya and Mahasiddha, Author the
Pancakrama and Pindikrama/Pindikrtasadhana being identical with the Madhyamaka Philosopher Nagarjuna
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The Tradition of the Shingon School: Kukai's Reconstruction and Authentification of 'Esoteric Nagarjuna'
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10
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Contextualizing the
Pancakrama: The Guhuasamaja and its Explanatory Tantras
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Lineages of
Guhyasamaja Exegesis
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Explanatory Literature on the
Guhyasamaja Tantra
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Structure and Contents of the
Pancakrama and Pindikrama/Pindikrtasadhana
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Structure and Contents of the
Pancakrama: The Five Stages (pancakrama)
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Nagarjuna and Sakyamitra
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Commentaries on the
Pancakrama and Pindikrama/Pindikrtasadhana
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The
Pancakramatippani of Parahitaraksita
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Other Pancakrama Commentaries
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Part II -- Analysis of Doctrines and Concepts in the Pancakrama and Pindikrtasadhana
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The Pancakrama and Caryamelapakapradipa
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Paths and Grounds of Guhysamaja According to Arya Nagarjuna
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Correspondence of Paths and Stages
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Correspondence of the Five Stages and Six Yogas of the Completion Stage
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The Three Isolations and Three Conducts
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The Six Yogas of the Completion Stage: 1) Isolated Body (
kaya-viveka), 2) Isolated Speech (vag-viveka), 3) Isolated mind (citta-viveka), 4)Illusory Body (mayadeha), 5) Clear Light (prabhasvara) and 6) State of Union (yuganaddha).
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Body-Isolation (
kaya-viveka)
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Speech-Isolation (
vag-viveka)
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Three types of Pranayama
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Mind-Isolation (Citta-Viveka)
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The Heart-Channel Center (
Hrdaya Nadi-Cakra) and the Indestructible Drop (Avinasa-Bindu)
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The Mode of Transition from the Isolated Mind (
citta-viveka) to the Illusory Body Transition from the Illusory Body (mayadeha)
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Transition from the Illusory Body (
mayadeha) to Meaning Clear Light (artha-prabhasvara)
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Types of Clear Light
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Dualistic Appearance of the Exemplary Clear Light and the Three Appearances
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Transition from the Meaning Clear Light (
artha-prabhasvara) to the Trainee's Two-in-One Union (saiksa-yuganaddha)
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The State of 'Union with Insight'
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Transition to the State of Union of a Non-Trainee (Asaiksa-Yuganaddha)
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The Pindikrama/Pindikrita Sadhana
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The Generation Stage (Utpannakrama) of the Pindikrama/Pindikrtasadhana
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Meaning of Pindikrama/Pindikrtasadhana: Condensed Stage or Condensed Sadhana
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Commentaries on thePindikramasadhana
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Structure and Content of the PKS paralleling the Outline of the Sadhana-topics in the Sutramelapaka
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The Topic-Outline of the Sutramelapaka
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| Part III -- The Science of Tantra and the Scientist-Mahasiddha |
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The Science of the Tantras: The Structure and Dynamics of the Vajra Body |
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The Tantric Sexology of the Great Bliss (Mahasukha) and liberation |
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Summary and Conclusion |
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| Part IV -- Translations |
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Pancakrama with Pancakramatippani (Gloss) of Prahitaraksita |
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Pindikrama/Pindikrtasadhana with Pindikramatippani (Gloss) of Parahitaraksita |
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Select Bibliography |
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Appendices |
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Pancakrama and Pindikrama of Nagarjunapada |
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(Devanagari and Romanized Sanskrit Texts) |
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