| Princeton Readings in Religions | |
| Note on Transliteration | |
| Contributors | |
| Introduction | 3 |
| 1 | Gesar of Ling | 39 |
| 2 | The Royal Way of Supreme Compassion | 69 |
| 3 | A Tribal History | 77 |
| 4 | Bon Rescues Dharma | 98 |
| 5 | The Guide to the Crystal Peak | 103 |
| 6 | Guidebook to Lapchi | 120 |
| 7 | The Life of Tilopa | 137 |
| 8 | Atisa's Journey to Tibet | 157 |
| 9 | The Journey to the Golden Mountain | 178 |
| 10 | A Quest for "The Path and Result" | 188 |
| 11 | The Yogin Lorepa's Retreat at Lake Namtso | 200 |
| 12 | Memories of a Past Life | 212 |
| 13 | A Rite of Empowerment | 225 |
| 14 | The Horseback Consecration Ritual | 234 |
| 15 | An Offering of Torma | 255 |
| 16 | An Avalokitesvara Sadhana | 266 |
| 17 | A Fasting Ritual | 271 |
| 18 | Food, Clothes, Dreams, and Karmic Propensities | 293 |
| 19 | The Elements, Insanity, and Lettered Subjectivity | 313 |
| 20 | The Regulations of a Monastery | 335 |
| 21 | The Sermon of an Itinerant Saint | 355 |
| 22 | From the Autobiography of a Visionary | 369 |
| 23 | A Prayer to the Lama | 376 |
| 24 | A Prayer to the God of the Plain | 387 |
| 25 | Invocations to Two Bon Deities | 395 |
| 26 | A Smoke Purification Song | 401 |
| 27 | Daily Prayers | 406 |
| 28 | Mindfulness of Death | 421 |
| 29 | A Prayer for Deliverance from Rebirth | 442 |
| 30 | Dying, Death, and Other Opportunities | 458 |
| 31 | Cards for the Dead | 494 |
| 32 | Returning from Hell | 499 |
| 33 | Exorcising Demons with a Buddhist Sutra | 511 |
| 34 | Turning Back Gossip | 527 |
| 35 | Hail Protection | 538 |
| 36 | A Prayer Flag for Tara | 548 |
| Index | 553 |
