Table of Contents
Foreword, by the Seventeenth Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje vii
Editor's Preface xi
The Mahamudra Lineage Prayer 1
1 The Mahamudra Lineage 7
2 Practicing the Genuine Dharma 33
3 Shamatha Meditation 57
4 Vipashyana Meditation 79
5 Conduct 97
Appendix A The Short or Close Lineage of Mahamudra 103
Appendix B The Four Greater and Eight Lesser Schools of the Dagpo Kagyu 107
Appendix C The Eight Forms of Leisure and the Ten Endowments 109
Appendix D The Ten Virtuous, the Ten Nonvirtuous, and the Ten Special Deeds 111
Appendix E Nine Ways of Placing the Mind 113
Appendix F The Eight Consciousnesses 115
Appendix G The Five Paths and the Ten Bodhisattva Levels 117
Appendix H The Visualization for The Mahamudra Lineage Prayer 119
Notes 121
Glossary 127
Glossary of Tibetan Terms 141
Annotated Bibliography 143
Index 147
