I.   INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................4

II.   CONSCIOUSNESS: PRIMARY AND  SECONDARY ATTENTION .....................7

III.   WHAT IS DZOGCHEN?................................................................................................12

IV.   HOW TO ATTAIN A NATURAL STATE OF  CONSCIOUSNESS.......................23

V. HOW TO MAKE  THE NATURAL STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS A PART OF YOUR LIFE..............................................................................................................................30

VI.   ACCOUNT OF AN INTENSIVE  MEDITATION PROGRAM.................................40

VII.   PRACTICAL QUESTIONS ASKED BY THE MEDITANTS.................................74

VIII.   HOW TO PERFORM THE RETREAT  ON  YOUR  OWN....................................106 
                                                       
IX.  THE  METHODS  OF   DZOGCHEN............................................................................124

X. MORE ABOUT THE PRACTISE OF DZOGCHEN......................................................132

XI. DZOGCHEN AND SEX....................................................................................................142

XII. MANAGING ENERGIES................................................................................................152

XIII. ENTERING SLEEP........................................................................................................160

XIV. DZOGCHEN AND CRYSTALS...................................................................................167

XV. DZOGCHEN AND CHILDREN.....................................................................................174

XVI. FINALLY..........................................................................................................................180

XVII. SAYINGS........................................................................................................................185

Ancient therapies using herbs and minerals...................................................................190

Vocabulary...............................................................................................................................191