- Luminous Melodies
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Translations
- A Synopsis of Mahāmudrā by Nāropa, the erudite dropout
- A song by the ḍākinī Tuft Topknot
- A song by Tantipa, the weaver of the garb of awakening
- Five Stanzas on the Love Between Means and Prajñā by Maitrīpa, the fusionist of Mahāmudrā and Madhyamaka
- A song by the ḍākinī Queen of Splendor
- A Pith Instruction on Mahāmudrā (Ganges Mahāmudrā) by Tilopa, the self-awakened one
- A song by the ḍākinī Blazing One with a Garland of Lightning
- A song by Cāmāripa, the dharmakāya cobbler
- Twelve Stanzas of Pith Instructions by Saraha, the great brahman archer
- A song by the ḍākinī Deity with the Sun Horse
- Five stanzas by Kāṇhapa (Kṛṣṇa), the dark siddha
- A song by the ḍākinī Śāntibhadrā
- A vajra song by Nāropa
- A song by Dhobīpa, the eternal laundryman
- A song by the ḍākinī Bhadrā
- A Song on Connateness by Śāntadeva
- A song by the yoginī Kaṅkarā
- A Pith Instruction on Untying the Knots in the Yogī’s Own Mind by Mitrayogī, the lord of miraculous powers
- A Dohā Treasure Song on the View of the Nature of True Reality by Lūhipa, the fish-gut eater
- A song by Vyālipa, the lucky alchemist
- A Dohā Treasure Song on True Reality by Thagana, the con man
- A song by Śyāmā
- A Dohā Song on the True Reality of the Vāyus by Mahipa, the vain muscleman
- A song by Ekavajrā
- A song by Saraha
- A song by Nairātmyā, selflessness embodied
- A song by Śavaripa, the jungle hunter
- A vajra song by Virūkara, the stopper of the sun
- A song by Vimalā
- A song by Ḍombi Heruka, the pregnant-tigress rider
- A song by the yoginī Mahāsiddhi
- A song by Mahāsukhata
- A song by Taruparṇā
- A dharma song by Dīpaṃkaraśrījñāna, the scholar-siddha
- A song by Dignāga
- A song by Kukkuripa, the one with a soft spot for dogs
- The View of Being Unbound and Letting Go by Kambala, the yogī wrapped in a black blanket
- A song by Līlabhadra
- A song by Jālandhara, the guru of gurus
- The View of Overcoming Mind’s Thoughts by Lakṣmī, the “crazy” princess
- A song by Durjayacandra
- A song by Mekhalā, the elder severed-headed sister
- The View of Being Unbound by Kāṇhapa
- A song by Prakāśā
- Another song by Ḍombi Heruka
- The Completion Stage of the Vajraḍākinī by Vīṇāpa, the musical meditator
- A song by Javaripa, the petrifier
- A song by the ḍākinī Queen of Saṃsāric Existence
- The Means to Calm Mind and Thinking by Mekopa, the madman with a terrifying gaze
- Another song by Lūhipa
- A song by Bhasudhari
- A song by the ḍākinī Jñānavajrā
- A Pith Instruction on the View of Self-Aware Wisdom by Campaka, the flower-garden king
- A song by Śāntipa, the scholar whose student attained awakening before him
- A song by the ḍākinī Wings of the Wind
- A Pith Instruction on Pure View and Conduct by Śākyaśrībhadra, the mahāsiddha monk
- A song by Anukirā, the yoginī of vajra recitation
- A Pith Instruction on the Liberation of Bondage by Mitrayogī
- A song by Kanakhalā, the younger severed-headed sister
- The Self-Blessing of Glorious Connate Great Bliss by Śavaripa
- A song by a group of ḍākinīs
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- About the Author
- Copyright
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