- The Book of Kadam
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Message from the Dalai Lama
- Special Acknowledgments
- Publisher’s Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Technical Note
- Part One: The Father Teachings
- I. Tree of Faith: A Self-Exhortation Dromtönpa (1005–64)
- II. Bodhisattva’s Jewel Garland Atiśa Dīpaṃkara (982–1054)
- III. The Jewel Garland of Dialogues Title, Homage, and Preamble
- 1. Making Prostrations to the Distinguished Objects of Veneration
- 2. How Instructions on the Four Divinities Were Conferred
- 3. How to Choose the Three Sacred Scriptural Baskets
- 4. How to Strive by Engaging in Activity
- 5. How to Guard the Doors of the Senses and Hold Your Mind
- 6. How All Blame Lies in a Single Point
- 7. How to Relinquish the Objects of Abandonment and Engage in the Virtues
- 8. The Riches of the Noble Ones and the Khakkhara Staff
- 9. Songs of Perfect Purity
- 10. Cultivating through Honor and the Perfect Mode of Seeing
- 11. How to Nurture Sublime Beings and Their Deeds
- 12. How to Hoist Your Robes to Cross the Mires of Desire
- 13. How the Heritage of the Pure Way of Life Was Requested
- 14. Meditating on Perfect Equanimity of Excitation and Mental Laxity through Severing the Root of Suffering
- 15. How to Train the Mind within the Expanse of Appearance, Emptiness, and Empty Echoes
- 16. How He Engaged in the Hidden Conduct and So On
- 17. Not Forsaking the Pledges and the Excellence of the Perfect Spiritual Tradition
- 18. How to Help Guard Others’ Minds
- 19. Constantly Working for Others’ Welfare
- 20. Practicing the Profound Teaching without Defaming Other Teachings
- 21. Dedication and Purifying Negative Karma
- 22. Subsuming [All Higher Qualities] into Seven Riches and Bequeathing Them
- 23. The Two Examinations
- Colophon
- IV. Elucidation of the Heart-Drop Practice Khenchen Nyima Gyaltsen (1223–1305)
- Part Two: The Son Teachings
- V. The Spiritual Mentor’s Birth as the Brahman Youth Ujjvala
- VI. The Spiritual Mentor’s Birth as Prince Asaṅga in Kauśāmbhī
- VII. The Spiritual Mentor’s Birth as the Youth Saṅghavardana in Magadha’s Lotus Region
- VIII. The Spiritual Mentor’s Birth as Prince Śaraṇadatta in the Town of Sukhavat
- Part Three: Supplementary Texts
- IX. Summary Points of The Book of Kadam Gendün Gyatso, Second Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
- X. Heart-Instructions of The Book of Kadam Yongzin Yeshé Gyaltsen (1713–93)
- XI. Sayings of the Kadam Masters Compiled by Chegom Sherap Dorjé (ca. twelfth century)
- Table of Tibetan Transliteration
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Translator
- The Institute of Tibetan Classics
- The Library of Tibetan Classics
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- Copyright
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