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I. The Master by Whom It Was Composed II. How It Is Classified and on What Word It Is Based III. The Reason for Its Composition IV. The Source of the Name V. Presentation of the Text from Beginning to End 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