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Contents
Illustrations
276
Liberating Prayer
279
Prayers for Meditation
281
The Yoga of Buddha Heruka
291
Blissful Journey
309
Quick Path to Great Bliss
333
Liberation from Sorrow
381
Avalokiteshvara Sadhana
401
Glossary
411
Bibliography
427
Study Programmes of kadampa Buddhism
432
Tharpa Offices Worldwide
437
Index
439
Further Reading
465
275
Illustrations
Naropa
290
Tantric commitment objects: inner offering in kapala, vajra, bell, damaru, mala
292
Je Phabongkhapa
294
kyabje Trijang Rinpoche
310
The Twenty-one Taras
388
TaM and the mantra rosary
396
276