Preface to the Second Edition PART ONE: DZOGCHEN IN CONTEXT 1. Introduction 2. The Three Outer Tantras 3. The Three Inner Tantras 4. Three Divisions of Atiyoga 5. Dzogpa Chenpo and Other Yanas and Traditions 6. Excerpts from the Lives of Dzogpa Chenpo Masters to Illustrate the Ways of Training in Dzogpa Chenpo PART TWO: THE LIFE OF LONGCHENPA 7. The Life of Kunkhyen Longchen Rabjam PART THREE: SELECTED WRITINGS OF LONGCHEN RABJAM 8.

Summary of the Selections 9. Counsel for Liberation: An Exhortation to Pursue Virtuous Secular and Dharma Trainings in Order to Practice Dzogpa Chenpo 10. How Samsara and Nirvana Originate from the Basis as the Appearances of the Basis According to the Innermost Dzogpa Chenpo Teachings 11. Karma of Samsaric Deeds, the Cause of Beings' Wandering in Delusory Samsara 12. Karma of Liberative Virtues, the Means of Liberation from Samsara 13. Philosophical View of Phenomenal Existents 14. Meditation on the Meaning of the View 15. Twenty-seven Courses of Training in Dzogpa Chenpo 16.

Naturally Liberated Mind, the Great Perfection 17. Instructions on the Meditation on Naturally Liberated Mind, the Great Perfection 18. The Trainings and Attainments of the Five Paths of Mahayana 19. The Trainings and Attainments of the Paths and Stages of Tantra 20. Attainment of the Paths, Stages, and Visions of Dzogpa Chenpo 21. Attainment of the Result, the Buddha Bodies and Primordial Wisdoms of Buddhahood in Mahayana Sutras and Tantras 22. The Buddha Bodies and Primordial Wisdoms in Dzogpa Chenpo Notes Bibliography of Works Cited Index.