1. Fundamentals : the four noble truths and the eightfold noble path -- Ethical conduct : doing what is truly beneficial -- Meditation : changing our mental outlook -- Karma and rebirth : everything is in relationship -- Mahayana Buddhism : helping others is helping oneself -- way of the bodhisattva : meditation and action go together -- Realizing wisdom and compassion : bodhchitta and the paramitas -- link between wisdom and compassion : the paramita of meditation and the nine stages of shamatha -- Insight meditation : the paramita of wisdom and the Madhyamaka school -- role of the mind : the Yogachara school and Buddha-nature -- Spiritual progress : the five paths and the ten stages of the Bodhisattva -- Buddhahood : the three kayas -- Sutra and Tantra : the tantric levels of attainment -- Supreme yoga tantra : becoming a total person -- six yogas of naropa : dealling with conflicting emotions -- Mahamudra and the nature of mind : going beyond duality -- Mahamudra meditation : allowing the mind to rest in its natural state.