Ch. 1. Religion and the modern world -- Ch. 2. Relying upon a spiritual friend -- Ch. 3. Taking up the path -- Ch. 4. Bodhichitta : the root of all practice -- Ch. 5. From confusion to wisdom -- Ch. 6. Dispelling the obstacles to the practice of Dzogchen -- Ch. 7. View, meditation, and conduct -- Ch. 8. The passage of the secret teachings -- Ch. 9. Dzogchen and tantra -- Ch. 10. Empowerments, transmissions, and the oral instructions -- Ch. 11. The three conditions for realization -- Ch. 12. Living the union -- Afterword : prayer for the ripening of beings everywhere.