INTRODUCTION Up Front (▶) Why Bother? (▶) Know For Yourself (▶) Why Lam Rim? Joy and Peace A Lam Rim Lineage Changing Your Mind An Algorithm for Spiritual Growth The Chalice and the Sower Meditation 101 Stabilize Your Mind Reliable Sources The Guru Business The Kalama Sutta Revisited Practice FREEDOM Homage to the Great Masters Three Principal Aspects of the Path Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind Precious Human Life The Blind Turtle Life and Death Impermanence The Wheel of Existence The Fire Sermon Head on Fire Refuge The Four Noble Truths Suffering The Law(s) of Karma Unskillful Actions Skillful Actions Instant Karma The Karmic Cycle Heavy Karma Breaking Bad Karma Making Good Karma The Eightfold Path AWAKENING The Awakening Mind Qualities of Bodhicitta Raging Rivers Chains And Cages The Pretender Free At Last The Ground of Bodhicitta Bodhisattva Mustard The Equalization Method Loving Kindness Love and Compassion Practicing the Paramitas A Web of Perfections MIND TRAINING Training the Mind, Transforming the World The Wisdom Eye Introduction Lineage Prerequisites The 'Secret' Teaching Self-Grasping Ignorance Emptiness Childhood's End The Middle Way End of the Beginning No Bull Dreaming and Waking Unborn Awareness Released Essence of the Path A Creator of Illusion Transforming the 5 Degenerations Banish the One Object The Great Kindness of All Taking and Giving Three Objects Remember and Practice Transforming Adversity Opportunities for Meditation The Four Preparations The Five Forces Transmigration or Transformation? One Intention Two Witnesses Measurement Joyful Thoughts A Reversed Attitude Capable When Distracted Three General Points Remain Natural The Faults of Others Heaviest First Give Up Hope of Reward Abandon Poisonous Food Do Not Serve Leniently Indifferent to Ridicule Do Not Lie in Ambush Never Strike at the Heart The Ox and the Dzo A Last-Minute Sprint Do Not Be Treacherous God to Devil Do Not Inflict Misery By Means of One Overcoming Obstacles Beginning and End Good or Bad Guard Both Points Three Hardships Three Principal Causes Three Undeclining Attitudes Three Inseparables Impartiality Deep and Wide Closely Related Independence and Effort Inverted Deeds Do Not Be Erratic You Can Do It Liberated By Two Do Not Boast Do Not Retaliate Do Not Be Fickle Thanksgiving APPENDIX 1 - EIGHT VERSES The Root Text Wish-Fulfilling Gems Least of All Observe Your Mind A Precious Treasure Offering the Victory My Supreme Lama Just My Mothers Liberate All Beings APPENDIX 2 - THE BEST The Root Text Learning Discipline Excellence Instruction Antidote Conduct Attainment Perfections Refuge Motivation Skillful Means Good Deed Help APPENDIX 3 - RESOURCES Glossary Buddho-Christian Lectionary The Four Immeasurables The Three Poisons Letter to a Friend The Three Principles of the Path The Foundation of All Perfections Lines of Experience The 7-Point Mind Training 8 Verses for Training the Mind The 7-Limb Practice 8 Worldly Concerns The Best A Morning Prayer An Evening Prayer A Bodhisattva's Prayer Social Poisons Delusions and Their Antidotes Spiritual Evolution Mantras