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|TileDescription=A translation of a commentary by the 14th Dalai Lama on the ninth chapter of the ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'' based on an oral teaching given in 1979 in Rikon, Switzerland.
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|TableOfContents=*{{i|Foreword|7}}
*{{i|Preface: The Place of Wisdom in Spiritual Practice|11}}

*{{i|Part I: THE METHODS NEEDED FOR CULTIVATING WISDOM|13}}
*{{i|1. Introduction to the Two Truths that Comprise Reality|15}}
**The Classification of the Two Truths
**People Who Ascertain the Two Truths
**Qualms Concerning the Lack of Intrinsic Existence
*{{i|2. Critique of the Idealist View|25}}
*{{i|3. The Necessity of the Centrist Path|34}}
**The Necessity of Realizing Emptiness

*{{i|Part II: IDENTITYLESSNESS|51}}
*{{i|4. Personal Identitylessness|53}}
**Refutation of an intrinsic "I"
**Refutation of the Samkhya theory of self
**Refutation of the Nyaya theory of self
**Rebuttal of arguments against identitylessness
*{{i|5. Phenomenal Identitylessness|67}}
**The four applications of mindfulness
***Mindfulness of the body
***Mindfulness of the feelings
***Mindfulness of the mind
***Mindfulness of phenomena
***Refutation of objections

*{{i|Part III: REFUTATION OF TRUE EXISTENCE|89}}
*{{i|6. Refutation of Others' Conceptions of True Existence|87}}
*{{i|7. Proofs of the Absence of True Existence|90}}
**The "Diamond-splinters" argument
**The interdependence argument
**The argument concerning the arising and cessation of entities and non-entities
*{{i|8. Encouragement to Strive to Realize Emptiness|106}}
*{{i|Notes|111}}
*{{i|Bibliography|141}}
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|TermTopics=BCA Chapter 9; Two Truths; Emptiness; Madhyamaka; Mindfulness
|TextTopics=Bodhicaryāvatāra
|Theme=Reference Texts
|SubTheme=Translation of the BCA Source Texts (Tib-Eng); Contemporary Commentary on BCA (Eng)
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|Approach=Dharma
|Audience=Intermediate; Advanced
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