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Color Plates and Illustrations......................................................vii
Preface .......................................................................................ix
Propaedeutic Note .................................................................... xxi
Introduction by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu ................................ xxv
The Great Liberation Through Hearing
- Prologue...................................................................................... 3
- Premise....................................................................................... 5
- Instructions................................................................................. 9 Introduction to the Clear Light in the Intermediate State
- of the Moment of Death..................................................................10
- Introduction to the Clear Light of the Base..................................... 10
- Introduction to the Clear Light of the Path..................................... 15 Introduction to Recognizing the Intermediate State
- of Reality...............................................................................................18 The Vision of the Peaceful Deities in the Intermediate
- State of Reality............................................................................... 21 The Vision of the Wrathful Deities in the Intermediate
- State of Reality............................................................................... 46 Conclusion of the Introduction to the Intermediate State of the Moment of Death and the Intermediate State
- of Reality........................................................................................... 67
- Introduction to the Intermediate State of Rebirth ................. 69
- Introduction to the Mental Body.................................................... 69
- Obstructing Womb Entrances......................................................... 84
- Choosing a Womb Entrance............................................................ 95
- Conclusion...............................................................................105 Invocations
- About These Invocations..........................................................109 The Invocation That Calls to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
- for Help: Natural Liberation from Fear.........................................110 The Invocation That Rescues from the Perilous Paths of the
- Intermediate States....................................................................112 The Invocation That Protects from Fear of the Intermediate
- States..................................................................................... 116 The Root Verses of the Six Intermediate States
- About These Verses.................................................................................. 119
- The Verses................................................................................................121
- Epilogue ......................................................................................................125 Appendix A: Recognizing the Signs of Encroaching
- Death .....................................................................................................127 Appendix B: Further Ways to Assist the Dying and
- the Dead ...............................................................................................133 Appendix C: The Symbolism of the Mandala of the Peaceful
- and Wrathful Deities ........................................................................ 147
- The Forty-Two Peaceful Deities..................................................150
- The Awareness Holders..................................................................164
- The Fifty-Eight Wrathful Deities................................................ 165
- Notes ...........................................................................................................183
- Bibliography ..............................................................................................231
- Index ...........................................................................................................245
- About the Authors and Contributors .................................................255
