Contents Detailed explanation o f the branches o f the culminating training— the result over which mastery is to be gained The culmination o f the path o f preparation 501 501 The culmination o f heat 502 The culminating training o f peak 502 The culminating training o f poised readiness 503 The culminating training o f the supreme dharma 504 The culminating training o f the path o f seeing 504 The culminating training o f the path o f familiarization 512 The culmination o f the uninterrupted path 518 The factors to be relinquished (wrong ideas) 519 Detailed explanation o f the branches o f the serial training (the cause o f stabilization) 521 Detailed explanation o f the branches o f the instantaneous training (the result o f stabilization) 522 The instantaneous training in terms o f nonmaturation 522 The instantaneous training in terms o f maturation 523 The instantaneous training in terms of the lack o f characteristics 524 The instantaneous training in terms o f nonduality 524 Detailed explanation o f the branches o f the dharmakaya (the fruition o f having engaged in the trainings) 524 The svabhavikakaya 525 The w isdom dharmakaya 525 The sambhogikakaya 530 The instruction on the nairmanikakaya 538 The activity o f the kayas 538 A P P E N D IX I: A C O N C IS E E N U M E R A T IO N O F T H E PATHS A N D B H U M IS OF B O D H ISA TTV A S, T H E C H IL D R E N O F T H E V IC T O R S 545 A P P E N D IX II: A SPEC IFIC E X P L A N A T IO N O F T H E M A N N E R O F GRADUALLY PR O G R E SS IN G T H R O U G H T H E FIV E PATHS A N D T H E M A N N E R O F A T T A IN IN G T H E Q U A LITIES O F T H E T E N B H U M IS 553 10 Groundless Paths A P P E N D IX III: A G EN ERA L T O P IC O F T H E O R N A M E N T O F P R A JN A PA R A M IT A , [CALLED] “ITS BRIEF PR O G RESSIV E STAGES O F M E D IT A T IO N , A N EX CELLENT E X P L A N A T IO N O F T H E SC R IPT U R A L T R A D IT IO N ” 585 A P P E N D IX IV: T H E D E F IN IT IO N S A N D B O U N D A R Y LINES O F PR A JN A PA R A M IT A , T H E E IG H T T O PICS, A N D T H E SEV EN TY PO IN T S A C C O R D IN G T O LSSP/PSD A N D LN G 611 A P P E N D IX V: T H E D E F IN IT IO N S O F T H E E IG H T T O P IC S A N D T H E SEV E N TY PO IN T S A C C O R D IN G T O PVSD 619 A P P E N D IX VI: T H E D E F IN IT IO N S A N D B O U N D A R Y LINES O F P R A JN A PA R A M IT A , T H E E IG H T TO PICS, A N D T H E SEV EN TY P O IN T S A C C O R D IN G T O PG SD 627 A P P E N D IX VII: T H E D E F IN IT IO N S O F T H E E IG H T T O P IC S A N D T H E SEV EN TY PO IN T S A C C O R D IN G T O M C G 635 A P P E N D IX VIII: T H E D E F IN IT IO N S A N D B O U N D A R Y LINES O F T H E E IG H T T O P IC S A N D T H E SEV EN TY P O IN T S A C C O R D IN G T O M P Z L 643 A P P E N D IX IX: PG SD ’S PRESEN TA TIO N O F T H E D IS P O S IT IO N 651 A P P E N D IX X: PG SD ’S EX PL A N A T IO N O F T H E SIGNS O F IRREVERSIBILITY 661 A P P E N D IX XI: T H E D IFFE R E N T M O D ELS O F T H E SE Q U E N C E O F T H E SA M A D H IS O F T H E PREPARATORY L IO N ’S SPO RT A N D T H E A C T U A L CRO SSIN G IN O N E LEAP O N T H E PATH O F FA M ILIA R IZ A TIO N 671 GLOSSARY: E N G L IS H -S A N S K R IT -T IB E T A N 673 Contents 11 GLOSSARY: T IB E T A N -S A N S K R IT -E N G L IS H 681 NOTES 687 SELECTED BIBLIO G R A PH Y 875 IN D E X 881 Abbreviations: AA Aloka Abhisam ayalam kara H aribhadras A bhisam ayalam karaloka CZ Conzes translation o f The Large Sutra on the Perfection o f Wisdom D Derge Tibetan Tripitaka IN Interlinear notes in various texts by Patrul Rinpoche J Johnston s Sanskrit edition o f the Ratnagotravibhagavyakhya JNS The Eighth K arm apa s c o m m en tary on the AA (Mi bskyod rdo rje 2003) KSC Kiinsang Tegchog Yeshe D orjes com m entary on the AA (Kun bzang theg m chog ye shes rdo rje 2005) LNG T u b ten T sdndriis co m m en tary on the m ain body o f the AA (T hub bstan brtson grus p h u n tshogs 1996) LSSP Tsongkhapas com m entary on the AA (Tsong kha pa 1985) LTWA Library o f T ibetan W orks and Archives M CG M ipham R inpoches com m entary on the AA (’Ju mi p h a m rgya m tsho 1984a) MPZL Dongag T e n p a ’i N y im a s co m m entary on the AA (M sngags bstan p a’i nyi m a 1986) P Peking Tibetan Tripitaka (Tokyo-Kyoto: Suzuki Research F oundation, 1956) PBG Patrul R inpoches w ord c om m entary on the AA (Dpal sprul jigs m ed chos kyi d b an g po 1997) PGBG Pem a G yurm e Gyatso s word c o m m en tary on the AA (Pad m a gyur m ed rgya m tsho 2005) PGSD Pem a G yurm e Gyatso s general topics on the AA (Pad m a ’gyur m ed rgya m tsho 2005) ... tary on the AA (Mi bskyod rdo rje 2003) KSC Kiinsang Tegchog Yeshe D orjes com m entary on the AA (Kun bzang theg m chog ye shes rdo rje 2005) LNG T u b ten T sdndriis co m m en tary on the m... ain body o f the AA (T hub bstan brtson grus p h u n tshogs 1996) LSSP Tsongkhapas com m entary on the AA (Tsong kha pa 1985) LTWA Library o f T ibetan W orks and Archives M CG M ipham R inpoches... (Tokyo-Kyoto: Suzuki Research F oundation, 1956) PBG Patrul R inpoches w ord c om m entary on the AA (Dpal sprul jigs m ed chos kyi d b an g po 1997) PGBG Pem a G yurm e Gyatso s word c o m m en tary on