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Foreword
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Part One The Buddhist Path
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1. My Focus
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3
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2. Empathy: The Basic Practice
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10
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3. Meditation: Channeling the Force of Mind
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16
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Identifying the Mind
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20
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Technique
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22
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4. Knowledge: The Purpose of Concentration
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24
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Begin with Yourself
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27
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Progress to Enlightenment
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28
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Qualities of Buddhahood
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34
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Part Two: Introduction to the Great Completeness
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5. The Fundamental Principle Common to All Orders of Tibetan Buddhism
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41
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Innermost Awareness Pervades Every Type of Consciousness
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43
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Praticing the Path Right Now
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44
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6. The Innate Mind of Clear Light
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46
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No Exertion
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46
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The Centrality of the Mind of Clear Light
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47
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Types of Books
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48
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Part Three Commentary of Patrul Rinpoche's Three Keys Penetrating the Core
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7. The First Key: Introducing Innermost Awareness
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Relax
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55
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Stop Thinking for a While
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56
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Shock
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56
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8. The Supreme Way to Rest
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Levels of Consciousness
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61
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The Clear Light within All Consciousness
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74
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9. The All-Good Diamond Mind
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Aiming Your Attention at Space
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Identifying Innermost Awareness
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78
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10. The Second Key: Maintaining Meditation
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No Danger
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Clouds and Sky
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Meeting of Mother and Child
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The Clear Light of Death
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Mother and Child Clear Lights in the Poem
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Remaining in the Experience
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Dealing with Interference
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Inside Meditation and Outside Meditation Are Similar
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Three Types of Release from Conception
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11. The Gradual Way
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The Danger
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Coming to a Decision
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12. The Third Key: Self-Release
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The Space of Noninvolvement
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The Crucial Difference
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101
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Confidence
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102
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13. Uniqueness of the Three Keys
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Altrusism
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105
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The Greatness of the Path
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105
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The Triad of View, Meditation, and Behavior
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The Final Lines of the Poem
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115
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Part Four The Old and New Translation Schools Compared
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14. Basic Structure in the Old Translation School of the Great Completeness
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The Two Truths
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119
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Basis, Paths, and Fruits
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123
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A Special Meaning of "Meditation"
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128
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15. Advice
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133
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Appendix: Three Keys Penetrating the Core by Dza Patrul Jigme Chokyi Wangpo
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137
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Selected Readings
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141
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Index
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143
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