Preface vii
Part 1 The Buddhist Path
1. The Four Noble Truths 3
2. Preliminary Practices and Their Importance 13
3. The Value of Retreat 27
Part 2 The Sakya Tradition
4. Basic Teachings 33
5. The Sakya Lineage in Historical Context 37
6. How the Lamdré Teaching Began 47
7. An Introduction to the Triple Vision 53
8. Biographies of Great Sakya Women and Their Early Contemporaries 75
Part 3 Principles of Tantra
9. Finding the Spiritual Master 95
10. Essence of Tantra 103
11. Process of Tantra 115
Part 4 Dharma in Present Lives, Future Lives, and the World
11. Overcoming Anger and Obstacles 127
13. Stages of the Bardo 135
14. Dharma in Everyday Life 141
15. Global Ecology from a Buddhist Perspective 145
16. Advice from a Spiritual Friend 151
About the Author 159