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Mahamudra Eliminating the Darkness of Unawareness
by the Ninth Karmapa Wangchug-dorjey
(Kar-ma-pa dBang-phyug rdo-rje, 1556-1603)
translated by Alexander Berzin, 1977
according to explanations by Beru Khyentse Rinpoche
revised translation by Alexander Berzin, February 2008
Part Two: A Stilled and Settled State of Shamatha
Part Three: Vipashyana Meditation
Examining the Essential Nature of the Mind in Relation to Appearances and in Relation to the Body
Examining the Essential Nature of the Settled and Stirring Minds Together
Meeting, Face to Face, the Essential Nature of the Settled Mind
Meeting, Face to Face, the Essential Nature of the Stirring Mind
Meeting, Face to Farce, the Essential Nature of the Settled and Stirring Minds Together
Part Four: Enhancing Your Practice
Combining Mahamudra with Other Sutra and Tantra Practices and with the Four Types of Behavior
The Five Distorted Conceptual Thoughts, Three Skills, and Four Buddha Corpuses
The Three Points of Deviation and the Four Places for a Loss of Voidness
The Benefits of the Practices and the Stages and Pathway Minds According to Mahamudra