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Tables of Contents for Awakening the Mind
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface to the Second Edition
7
1
Acknowledgements
8
1
Introduction
9
12
PART ONE: BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRATICE OF MEDITATION
The Meaning of the Gradual Path to Enlightenment
21
8
The Four Significant Qualities of the Gradual Path
29
2
Our Motivation for Practising Meditation
31
8
The Levels of the Path
39
6
Preparing Ourselves for the Actual Meditation: the Six Preliminary Practices
45
28
PART TWO: MEDITATIONS ON THE INITIAL LEVEL OF INNER DEVELOPMENT
The Precious Human Rebirth
73
8
Awareness of Impermanence
81
6
Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels
87
14
PART THREE: MEDITATION ON THE MEDIUM LEVEL ON INNER DEVELOPMENT
The Suffering Nature of Cyclic Existence
101
16
PART FOUR: MEDITATIONS ON THE HIGH LEVEL OF INNER DEVELOPMENT
Encouraging Ourselves to Develop Bodhicitta, the Mind of Enlightenment
117
8
How to Develop Bodhicitta
125
30
PART FIVE: THE SIX PERFECTIONS
Encouraging Ourselves to Practise the Bodhisattva Path
155
4
Introducting The Six Perfections
159
20
Meditations on the First Four Perfections
179
10
The Importance of Single-Pointed Mind, the Fifth Perfection
189
4
How to Develop Single-Pointed Mind
193
24
The Wisdom of Emptiness, the Sixth Perfection
217
8
Meditation on Emptiness
225
24
Appendix: Prayers in Tibetan Phonetics and English
249
8
Glossary
257