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|TableOfContents=* {{i| Dedication |v| }}
* {{i| Acknowledgments |xii| }}

* {{i| Chapter 1: Introduction |1| }}
** {{i| Establishing Our Motivation |1| }}
** {{i| Fivefold Explanation of the Text |2| }}
** {{i| Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche's Commentary |7| }}
** {{i| The Origin of these Teachings |8| }}
** {{i| The Recovery of these Teachings by Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche's Blessing |9| }}
** {{i| The Meaning of the Title |11| }}
** {{i| Beginning of the Text: Homage |12| }}

* {{i| '''Part 1: Two Kinds of Views''' |13| }}

* {{i| Chapter 2: Worldly Views |14| }}
** {{i| Flat View |15| }}
** {{i| Rejecting View |16| }}
** {{i| Dead-End View |17| }}
** {{i| Holding-On View |18| }}
** {{i| The Origin of the Worldly Views |20| }}
** {{i| Questions and Answers |21| }}

* {{i| Chapter 3: Introduction to the Buddhist Views |28| }}
** {{i| Summary of Worldly Views |28| }}
** {{i| Buddhist Views That Go Beyond the World |30| }}
** {{i| Essence of the Causal and Result Yanas |31| }}

* {{i| '''Part 2: Views of the Lower Yanas''' |35| }}

* {{i| Chapter 4: Shravakayana |36| }}
** {{i| Exaggeration and Depreciation |36| }}
** {{i| The Constituents Comprising Everything in the World |38| }}
** {{i| The Shadows of Consciousness |42| }}
** {{i| The Four Noble Truths |44| }}

* {{i| Chapter 5: Pratyekabuddhayana |48| }}
** {{i| The Pratyekabuddha Realization |48| }}
** {{i| The Solitary Nature of Pratyekabuddhas |49| }}

* {{i| Chapter 6: Bodhisattvayana |52| }}
** {{i| Ultimate Reality |52| }}
** {{i| Conventional Reality |53| }}
** {{i| The Paramitas and Bhumis |55| }}
** {{i| Questions and Answers |57| }}

* {{i| '''Part 3: Views of the Outer Tantras''' |63| }}

* {{i| Chapter 7: Kriyatantra |65| }}
** {{i| The Nature of Kriyatantra |65| }}
** {{i| The Nature of the Deity |66| }}
** {{i| Meditating on the Deity |69| }}
** {{i| Kriyatantra Conduct |70| }}
** {{i| Relationship with the Deity |71| }}
** {{i| Kriyatantra Realization |72| }}

* {{i| Chapter 8: Upatantra |73| }}
** {{i| The Four-fold Samadhi |74| }}
** {{i| The Interdependent Coordination System |77| }}
** {{i| Tendrel and the Great Tertons |78| }}
** {{i| Upatantra Realization |82| }}

* {{i| Chapter 9: Yogatantra |83| }}
** {{i| The Four Mudras of the Deities |84| }}
** {{i| Yogatantra Realization |86| }}
** {{i| The Progressive and Inclusive Nature of the Yanas |86| }}
** {{i| Questions and Answers |87| }}

* {{i| '''Part 4: Views of the Inner Tantras''' |93| }}

* {{i| Chapter 10: Introduction to the Inner Tantras |94| }}
** {{i| Summary of the Views of the Outer Tantras |95| }}
** {{i| Overview of the Inner Tantras |96| }}

* {{i| Chapter 11: Mahayoga |98| }}
** {{i| The Three Samadhis |98| }}
** {{i| Clarity, Purity, and Stability |103| }}
** {{i| Generation of the Mandala |104| }}

* {{i| Chapter 12: Anuyoga |106| }}
** {{i| The Mandala of Bodhichitta |106| }}
** {{i| The Nonconceptual Nature |107| }}
** {{i| Meditating on the Bodhichitta Mandala |108| }}

* {{i| Chapter 13: Atiyoga |110| }}
** {{i| The Lack of Distinction |110| }}
** {{i| Questions and Answers |112| }}

* {{i| Chapter 14: Mandala of the Male and Female Deities |117| }}
** {{i| Mahayoga Teaching of Dzogchen |117| }}
** {{i| Five Aggregates and Five Great Elements |118| }}
** {{i| Four Consciousnesses and Their Objects |122| }}
** {{i| Four Sensory Organs and Their Objects |124| }}
** {{i| Four Aspects of Touch and the Four Extreme Views |125| }}
** {{i| Mental Consciousness and Its Object |126| }}

* {{i| Chapter 15: The Primordially Enlightened Nature |128| }}
** {{i| All Phenomena are Mind |128| }}
** {{i| The Meaning of Dzogchen |132| }}

* {{i| '''Part 5: Dzogchen View''' |133| }}

* {{i| Chapter 16: The Path of Four Realizations |134| }}
** {{i| Realization of the Singular Cause |136| }}
** {{i| Realization by the Power of Sacred Syllables |138| }}
** {{i| Realization by the Power of Blessings |141| }}
** {{i| Direct Realization |142| }}

* {{i| Chapter 17: Review of Pure Perception of the Four Realizations |144| }}
** {{i| Review of Pure Perception |144| }}
** {{i| Review of the Four Realizations |145| }}

* {{i| Chapter 18: The Three Factors and What They Reveal |149| }}
** {{i| The Three Factors for Accomplishing the Aim |149| }}
** {{i| What the Three Factors Reveal |152| }}
** {{i| Glorious Wheel of Ornaments |156| }}

* {{i| Chapter 19: Four Limbs for Accomplishing the Aim |160| }}
** {{i| Approach |160| }}
** {{i| Close Approach |161| }}
** {{i| Attainment or Practice |162| }}
** {{i| Great Attainment or Great Practice |163| }}

* {{i| Chapter 20: Entering the Mandala |167| }}
** {{i| What It Means to Enter the Mandala |167| }}
** {{i| The Meaning of Secret Vehicle |168| }}
** {{i| The Importance of All Teachings |169| }}
** {{i| Descending View and Ascending Conduct |171| }}
** {{i| Questions and Answers |172| }}

* {{i| Chapter 21: Different Kinds of Yogic Conduct |184| }}
** {{i| Conduct of the Non-Buddhist Schools |185| }}
** {{i| Conduct of the Buddhist Schools |186| }}
** {{i| Recovering Our Sight |194| }}

* {{i| Chapter 22: Concluding Summary |196| }}
** {{i| Foundational View and Practice |196| }}
** {{i| Bodhisattvayana View and Practice |198| }}
** {{i| Vajrayana View and Practice |199| }}
** {{i| Dzogchen View and Practice |199| }}
** {{i| Final Practice Pointers |201| }}
** {{i| Dedication of Merit |203| }}

* {{i| '''Appendices'''| }}

* {{i| Tibetan and English Root Text of Garland of Views |207| }}
* {{i| List of Abbreviations |229| }}
* {{i| Glossary |231| }}
* {{i| Endnotes |264| }}
* {{i| List of Figures |265| }}
* {{i| About the Authors |269| }}
* {{i| Padma Samye Ling Shedra Series |275| }}
* {{i| Other Publications by the Authors |277| }}
* {{i| Opening the Door of the Dharma Treasury |280| }}
* {{i| Padmasambhava Buddhist Center |281| }}
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