- Taking the Result as the Path
- Cover
- Title
- Message from the Dalai Lama
- Special Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Foreword by H.H. Sakya Trizin
- Note to the Reader
- General Editor’s Preface
- Translator’s Introduction
- Technical Note
- Part I: Vajra Lines and Explication of the Treatise for Nyak
- 1. Vajra Lines of the Path with the Result, by Virūpa (ca. seventh–eighth centuries)
- 2. Explication of the Treatise for Nyak, by Sachen Künga Nyingpo (1092–1158)
- The Path of Samsara and Nirvana in Common
- The Three Appearances
- The Three Continua
- The Four Authentic Qualities
- The Six Oral Instructions
- The Four Oral Transmissions
- The Five Dependently Arisen Connections
- Protection from Obstacles on the Path
- The Mundane Path
- A General Classification
- The Brief Presentation of the Causes for the Arising of Meditative Concentration
- An Extensive Presentation in a Condensed Form
- The Path Free from Hope and Fear
- The Four Tests
- The Four Applications of Mindfulness
- The Four Perfect Renunciations
- A Final Summary
- The Transcendent Path
- A General Classification
- The Six Spiritual Levels of the Vase Initiation
- The Four Spiritual Levels of the Secret Initiation
- The Two Spiritual Levels of the Initiation of Primordial Awareness Dependent on an Embodiment of Wisdom
- The Half Spiritual Level of the Fourth Initiation
- The Result
- A Condensed Presentation of the Treatise
- The Conclusion
- Part II: The Path with the Result According to the Explication for Disciples
- 3. Expansion of the Great Secret Doctrine, Summarizing Notes on the History of the Oral Instructions, by Jamyang Khyentsé Wangchuk (1524–68)
- The Origin of the Oral Instructions in the Noble Land of India
- The Spread of the Excellent Dharma in General
- The Specific Origin of the Precious Teaching
- The Life of the Lord of Yogins
- The Spread of the Oral Instructions in the Land of Tibet
- The Spread of the Excellent Dharma in General
- The Specific History of the Precious Teaching
- The Initial Introduction of the Tradition by Lord Gayadhara
- The Spread of the Tradition by Lord Drokmi and His Disciples in the Interim
- 4. Blazing of a Hundred Brilliant Blessings: A Supplement to the Expansion of the Great Secret Doctrine, Summarizing Notes on the History of the Oral Instructions, by Künga Palden (nineteenth century) and Loter Wangpo (1847–1914)
- 5. Summarizing Notes on How to Explain and Practice the Dharma, by Jamyang Khyentsé Wangchuk (1524–68)
- How to Explain and Learn the Dharma
- The Identification of the Dharma to Be Explained
- The Path
- The Result
- The Meaning of the Names of Both Together
- The Oral Instructions That Explain the Dharma
- The Four Authentic Qualities
- The Four Oral Transmissions
- How to Benefit Others After the Practice Has Been Perfected
- 6. Summarizing Notes on the Path Presented as the Three Appearances, by Jamyang Khyentsé Wangchuk (1524–68)
- Impure Appearance
- The Faults of Samsara
- The Difficulty of Gaining the Freedoms and Endowments
- Reflection Upon the Causes and Results of Actions
- Experiential Appearance
- Cultivating Love
- Cultivating Compassion
- Cultivating the Enlightenment Mind
- Calm Abiding
- The Cultivation of Penetrating Insight
- Pure Appearance
- 7. Profound Summarizing Notes on the Path Presented as the Three Continua, by Jamyang Khyentsé Wangchuk (1524–68)
- The Path—The Precise Way to Meditate
- Preserving the Sacred Commitments As the Ground
- The Stages of Guiding the Person
- Meditation on the View of the Indivisibility of Samsara and Nirvana in the Causal Continuum of the Universal Ground
- A Brief Presentation by Means of the Three Aspects of Coemergence
- An Extensive Explication by Means of the Three Key Points of Practice
- Establishing that Appearances Are the Mind
- Establishing that Mental Appearance Is Illusory
- Establishing that the Illusory [Mind] Has No Self-Nature
- An Extremely Extensive Explication by Means of the Three Continua
- The Ground or Causal Continuum as the Indivisibility of Samsara and Nirvana
- The Presentation of the Method Continuum as the Indivisibility of Samsara and Nirvana
- The Resultant Indivisibility of Samsara and Nirvana
- 8. Summarizing Notes on the Outer Creation Stage, by Jamyang Khyentsé Wangchuk (1524–68)
- 9. Summarizing Notes on the Inner Creation Stage, by Jamyang Khyentsé Wangchuk (1524–68)
- 10. Summarizing Notes Beginning with the Dream Yoga of the Vase Initiation, by the Fifth Dalai Lama (1617–82)
- Dream Yoga
- The Secret Initiation
- The Path
- The View
- The Culmination of Attainment
- The Clear-light Practice When Passing Away
- The Intermediate State
- The Dream Yoga
- The Initiation of Primordial Awareness Dependent on an Embodiment of Wisdom
- The Path
- The View
- The Culmination of Attainment
- The Practice When Passing Away
- The Intermediate State
- Dream Yoga
- The Fourth Initiation
- The Path
- The View
- The Culmination of Attainment
- The Practice When Passing Away
- The Intermediate State and Dream Yoga
- 11. Heart of the Practice: A Synopsis of the Key Points of the Guidance Manuals of the Path with the Result, by Mangthö Ludrup Gyatso (1523–96)
- Appendixes
- 1. Table of Tibetan Transliteration
- 2. Topical Outline of the Texts by Sachen Künga Nyingpo, Jamyang Khyentsé Wangchuk, Künga Palden and Loter Wangpo, and the Fifth Dalai Lama
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Contributors
- The Institute of Tibetan Classics
- A Note About Dust Jackets
- Copyright
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