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I. The Master by Whom It Was Composed <br>
II. How It Is Classified and on What Word It Is Based<br>
III. The Reason for Its Composition<br>
IV. The Source of the Name <br>
V. Presentation of the Text from Beginning to End<br>
:A. Introduction
::1. The Title 
::2. The Homage
::3. The Promise to Explain 
:B. The Main Text
::1. Brief Presentation
:::a. The Method to Rest Body, Speech, and Mind in Equipoise
:::b. Presentation of the Abiding Nature of the Mind
:::c. The Benefits of Such Realization
::2. Extensive Explanation 
:::a. The Initial Cause: Arousing of the Mind of Supreme Awakening 
::::I) The Preliminary of Arousing the Mind
::::II) The Main Part
::::III) The Precepts
:::b. Actual Instructions on the Practice of the Path
::::I) Method, the Path that Must Go First 
:::::A) Abandoning the Ten Nonvirtues Oneself and for Others
::::::1) Abandoning the Ten Nonvirtues Oneself and Encouraging Others
::::::2) Rejoicing in Others' Abandonment of Nonvirtue and Expressing Approval
::::::3) Just Abandoning the Ten Nonvirtues by Itself Will Not Liberate
:::::B) Presentation of the Path: the Six Perfections
::::::1) Practicing the Six Perfections Oneself and Encouraging Others
::::::2) Expressing Approval of What is Consistent With That
:::::C) Eliminating Arrogance Inconsistent With That
:::::D) The Faults of Not Realizing the Meaning of the Middle Free of Extremes
:::::E) Eliminating the Poison of Reference Points
:::::F) Exemplifying the Reason for the Five Perfections of Method as the Preliminaries:::    
::::II) Wisdom, Which Must Be Practiced
:::::A) Without the Perfection of Wisdom, the Five Alone Will Not Accomplish the Path
:::::B) Not an External Condition Since One Has it Oneself
:::::C) Meditation on Recollecting the Buddha
:::::D) The Actual Enlightened Intent of the Buddha
:::::E) The Method to Realize That
::::::1) Blending Space and Awareness
::::::2) The Results of Blending Space and Awareness
::::::3) The Actual Method for Blending Space and Awareness
::::::4) The Reason for Blending Space and Awareness
:::::F) The Place to Practice 
:::::G) The Method of Practice
::::::1) What Teaching to Practice
::::::2) The Method by Which to Practice
:::::H) The Benefits of Such Practice
::::III) The Actual Meaning of the Perfection of Wisdom
:::::A) The Essence of Realization
:::::B) The Evidence of Warmth
:::::C) The Meaning of the Example
::::IV) The Semantic Explanation and Derivation of "Severance"
::::V) Elimination of Adversities on the Path
:::::A) Identifying the Two Devils and the Way to Sever Them
::::::1) Tangible Devil
:::::::a) The Object to Be Severed
:::::::b) The Instructions to Sever It
::::::::i) The Individual's Characteristics
::::::::ii) Actual Instructions
:::::::::(I) Superior Capability
:::::::::(II) Average Capability
:::::::::(III) Inferior Capability
::::::::iii) Size
::::::2) Intangible Devil
:::::::a) Identifying the Devil to Sever
:::::::b) Instructions to Sever It
::::::::i) Setting Pestilence Directly upon Pestilence
::::::::ii) Sticking the Hot Needle Precisely
::::::::iii) The Dharma to Practice
::::::::iv) Putting Constellations Under Thumb
::::::::v) Rejecting Closeness or Distance Toward Both Gods and Demons
::::::::vi) Focusing on the Extreme Great Pestilence
::::::3) Evidence of Severing
::::::4) Evidence of Termination
::::::5) The Times of Turning Away
::::::6) The Method to Not Turn Away
::::::7) Instruction on Spike-like Suppression
:::::B) The Reason that Devils Occur 
::::::1) Identifying Devils
::::::2) Instructions for Severing Them
:::::::a) Superior Capability
:::::::b) Average Capability
:::::::c) Inferior Capability
::::::3) Signs of Uprising
:::::C) The Way to Subdue Devils
::::::1) Identifying Devils
::::::2) Instructions for Severing Them
:::::::a) Completely Severing Inflation of the Body
:::::::b) Completely Severing Inflation of the Mind
:::::::c) Thoughts Emanating as Devils
:::c. Results: the Stages of Having Practiced the Path
::::I) The Supreme Result
::::II) Eliminating Deviances
::::III) Revealing Obscurations
::::IV) Revealing the Abiding Nature
::::V) Presenting the Common Results
:::::A) General Preliminaries of the Practice
:::::B) The Dharma to Practice
:::::C) Instructions for Clearing Up One's Own Obstacles
:::::D) Methods to Clear Up Other’s Obstacles
:::::E) The Removal Rite
:::::F) General Results of Practicing the Perfection of Wisdom
::::::1) Temporary Results of Severing in Isolated Haunts
::::::2) Ultimate Results of Having Severed the Four Devils through Meditation on the Meaning of the Nature of Phenomena
::::::3) The Benefits Accruing from Both
::3. Final Statement
:C. Colophon<br>
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