| Preface to Second Edition | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Technical Notes | |
| Pt. 1 | Analysis | |
| 1 | An Overview of the Great Exposition | 17 |
| 2 | Interpretation of Scripture | 30 |
| 3 | Dzong-ka-ba's Argument | 39 |
| 4 | Dzong-ka-ba and Modern Interpreters I: Not Negating Enough | 67 |
| 5 | Dzong-ka-ba and Modern Interpreters II: Negating Too Much | 101 |
| 6 | Dzong-ka-ba and Modern Interpreters III: Other Issues of Difference | 123 |
| 7 | Summation: Emptiness and Ethic | 143 |
| Pt. 2 | Translation of Dzong-ka-ba's Great Exposition | |
| 1 | The Interpretable and the Definitive | 158 |
| 2 | Reliable Sources | 164 |
| 3 | The Stages of Entry Into Suchness | 168 |
| 4 | Misidentifying the Object of Negation | 176 |
| 5 | The Uncommon Feature of Madhyamika | 181 |
| 6 | Dependent-Arising and Emptiness | 188 |
| 7 | Madhyamika Response | 198 |
| Pt. 3 | Translation of the Four Interwoven Annotations | |
| 1 | The Interpretable and the Definitive | 247 |
| 2 | Reliable Sources | 268 |
| 3 | The Stages of Entry Into Suchness | 284 |
| 4 | Misidentifying the Object of Negation | 311 |
| 5 | The Uncommon Feature of Madhyamika | 322 |
| 6 | Dependent-Arising and Emptiness | 339 |
| 7 | Madhyamika Response | 361 |
| App. 1 | The Division of Madhyamikas into Reason-Established Illusionists and Proponents of Thorough Non-Abiding | 403 |
| App. 2 | Alex Wayman's Translation Considered | 441 |
| App. 3 | Jan-yang-shay-ba's Outline | 474 |
| App. 4 | Emendations to the Delhi Edition of the Four Interwoven Annotations | 499 |
| Glossary 1 | English-Tibetan-Sanskrit | 527 |
| Glossary 2 | Tibetan-Sanskrit-English | 550 |
| Glossary 3 | Sanskrit-Tibetan-English | 574 |
| Bibliography | 595 |
| Notes | 641 |
| Index | 825 |