Foreword ix
Part 1 The Buddhist Path
1. My Focus 3
2. Empathy: The Basic Practice 10
3. Meditation: Channeling the Force of Mind 16
Identifying the Mind 20
Technique 22
4. Knowledge: The Purpose of Concentration 24
Begin with Yourself 27
Progress to Enlightenment 28
Qualities of Buddhahood 34
Part 2 Introduction to the Great Completeness
5. The Fundamental Principle Common to All Orders of Tibetan Buddhism 41
Innermost Awareness Pervades Every Type of Consciousness 43
Practicing the Path Right Now 44
6. The Innate Mind of Clear Light 46
No Exertion 46
The Centrality of the Mind of Clear Light 47
Types of Books 48
Part 3 Commentary on Patrul Rinpoche's Three Keys Penetrating the Core
7. The First Key: Introducing Innermost Awareness 53
Relax 54
Stop Thinking for a While 55
Shock 56
8. The Supreme Way to Rest 61
Levels of Consciousness 61
The Clear Light within All Consciousnesses 74
9. The All-Good Diamond Mind 77
Aiming Your Attention at Space 78
Identifying Innermost Awareness 78
10. The Second Key: Maintaining Meditation 81
No Danger 82
Clouds and Sky 83
Meeting of Mother and Child 84
The Clear Light of Death 85
Mother and Child Clear Lights in the Poem 87
Remaining in the Experience 88
Dealing with Interference 88
Inside Meditation and Outside Meditation Are Similar 89
Three Types of Release from Conceptions 91
11. The Gradual Way 93
The Danger 94
Coming to a Decision 95
12. The Third Key: Self-Release 97
The Space of Noninvolvement 98
Crucial Difference 101
Confidence 102
13. The Uniqueness of the Three Keys 104
Altruism 105
Greatness of the Path 105
The of View, Meditation, and Behavior 109
Final Lines of the Poem 115
Part 4 The Old and New Translation Schools Compared
14. Basic Structures in the Old Translation School of the Great Completeness 119
The Two Truths 119
Basis, Paths, and Fruits 123
A Special Meaning of "Meditation" 128
15. Advice 133
Appendix: Three Keys Penetrating the Core
by Chokyi Wangpo 137
Selected Readings 141
Index 143