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WORSHIP 121 Thus it is: the Bodhisattva's stage of accumulation is like the state of being in the world, because he accumulates the stocks completely, in accordance with the Law; but here he accumulates only the merit of Charity and so on, whereas before he accumulated both virtue and evil. Path Contemplative events Perfection Stage Accumulation- Preparation— Vision- Development- Beyond learning Five aids to liberation: 1. Faith 2. Striving 3. Mindfulness 4. Contemplation 5. Wisdom -Four aids to- penetration: 1. Warmth 2. Climax 3. Acceptance 1. Highest event in the world Immediate succession Diamond-like contemplation Instantaneous realization Charity- -Virtue- Acceptance Striving Meditation - Wisdom Means Resolve -Beginner -Practicing with conviction (1) The joyful (2) The stainless -(3) The illumining (4) The flaming (5) The hard-to-conquer -(6) The face-to-face (7) The far-going (8) The immovable Strength (9) The good-insight Knowledge— (10) The cloud of the Law -Buddha
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Fig. 1. White Tara. From a wood-blo
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First Indian Edition: Delhi, 1988 R
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vi FOREWORD Tibet has retained an a
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viii FOREWORD without further quali
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Preface THIS paper represents a fir
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PREFACE xiii The Indian anthologies
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PREFACE xv ch ts t P ch' j ts' dz t
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Contents ILLUSTRATIONS xix I WORSHI
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xx ILLUSTRATIONS 15 The outer offer
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I WORSHIP Offerings, Praises, and P
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i MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET a poten
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6 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET constru
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10 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET icles,
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET pattern o
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14 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET variou
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16 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET Fig. 4
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18 MAGIC AND RITUAL. IN TIBET eithe
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20 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET as of
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET to serve
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET and write
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26 MAGIC AND RITUAL. IN TIBET the m
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET his maste
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30 MAGIC AND RITUAL. IN TIBET will
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32 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET Then h
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34 MAGIC AND RITUAL. IN TIBET essen
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET events ar
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38 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET perfor
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40 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET . . .
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET are depic
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET deities t
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50 MA GIC A ND RITUA I IN TIBET Fig
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54 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET Sect H
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET central T
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56 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET centra
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58 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET A drea
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET Your blaz
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62 MAGIC AND RITUAL. IN TIBET Empow
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THE PARADOX OF POWER MAGIC AND RITU
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66 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET power,
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68 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET only t
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70 MA GIC A ND RITUA I IN TIBET dei
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72 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET minute
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74 MA GIC A ND RITUA L. IN TIBET di
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76 THE CULT OF TARA say that it tak
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78 MAGIC AND RITUAL. IN TIBET In th
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80 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET Recoll
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET My Mother
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84 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET Piece
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86 MA GIC A ND RITUA L IN TIBET con
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88 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET This p
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90 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET duced
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92 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET plativ
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94 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET and th
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WORSHIP 143 But here again, this re
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WORSHIP 145 In general, the transla
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET The outer
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150 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET Out o
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WORSHIP 153 1) We visualize all of
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156 MA GIC A ND RITUAL IN TIBET 3)
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158 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET 3) Th
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Fig. 19. The secret offerings, cont
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WORSHIP 163 5) . . . the laughing r
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WORSHIP 165 homage to the precious
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WORSHIP 167 this swirling nectar of
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WORSHIP ing one of the thirty-seven
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WORSHIP 171 the practitioner impose
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WORSHIP 173 "This is to say," he co
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WORSHIP and on the lowest row (near
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WORSHIP 3.111 To Tara 3.112 To the
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WORSHIP 179 Then, finally, putting
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WORSHIP ring their bells in the lon
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WORSHIP 183 Fig. 24. The bell and v
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WORSHIP 185 follow upon the heels o
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WORSHIP The lord possessed of great
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WORSHIP 189 whether with my body, m
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WORSHIP 191 I fill the many jeweled
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WORSHIP 193 VARANAM IDAM RATNA-MAND
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WORSHIP 195 You are our holy and gl
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WORSHIP I pray you: let the teachin
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WORSHIP I pray you that through his
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WORSHIP Jewels in general; and when
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WORSHIP 203 The verse is repeated s
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WORSHIP 205 whether actually set ou
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WORSHIP Then the flowers are thrown
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WORSHIP 209 DRAVAN "injuries," AKAL
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WORSHIP After the third mandala the
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Homage, Lady whose diadem is a cres
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WORSHIP And as before flowers are s
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WORSHIP 217 In this third ritual fo
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WORSHIP As the monks offer this tor
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WORSHIP NAMAH SARVA-TATHAGATA-AVALO
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WORSHIP 223 to practice enlightenme
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WORSHIP 225 may they long remain, r
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II APPLICATION Protection and Attac
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230 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET Enter
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232 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET histo
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234 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET Once
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236 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET engag
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238 MAGIC AND RITUAL. IN TIBET One
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240 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET After
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242 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET he he
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET If one wi
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET an abilit
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248 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET The p
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250 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET one m
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252 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET At la
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254 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET Initi
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256 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET A ful
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258 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET Thus
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260 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET mantr
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13. The portrait complete with hous
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262 MAGIC AND RITUAL, IN TIBET it.
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264 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET fierc
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET or tinglo
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268 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET The a
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270 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET OM AG
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272 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET uncoo
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET of nectar
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276 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET Varic
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278 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET visua
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280 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET if th
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282 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET These
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284 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET recit
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286 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET occas
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET too, had
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290 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET barle
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292 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET Tara'
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294 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET ritua
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296 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET Fig.
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300 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET "Our
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302 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET nant
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304 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET and e
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306 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET himse
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET recites 1
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310 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET circl
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312 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET This
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the eight gifts and the five sense
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316 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET All w
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318 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET by th
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320 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET far a
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322 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET rinpo
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324 1 Preparations: offerings and s
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET an effigy
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET OM SVABHA
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET The Tara
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336 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET sound
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338 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET assem
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340 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET outst
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342 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET seven
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34 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET may th
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2.24 Dispatching the substitutes 2.
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APPLICATION! The assembly binds the
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APPLICATION! Then they present this
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APPLICATION and avert, turn back th
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APPLICATION I pray you let us live
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APPLICATION As the music and the ma
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APPLICATION 359 "Let the invited kn
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THE POWER OF LIFE We have seen in c
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ACQUISITION The world of animate an
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ACQUISITION 367 THE SIGNS OF DEATH
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369 and defecates during sexual org
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ACQUISITION The text then explains
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ACQUISITION enjoyed by the lu serpe
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ACQUISITION a basically medical dia
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ACQUISITION bestowing initiations a
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ACQUISITION them with OM GURU-ARYA-
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ACQUISITION On the heart of myself
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ACQUISITION Here the text adds, beg
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ACQUISITION All these dissolve into
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ACQUISITION 387 But to do so, it is
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ACQUISITION jeweled ornaments and s
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ACQUISITION 391 exactly filling up
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ACQUISITION 393 the empowerment of
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396 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET withi
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398 MAGIC AND RIT Whatever has been
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400 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET read
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402 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET assem
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404 . MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET sat
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406 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET The b
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408 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET words
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412 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET OM SA
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412 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET OM SA
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414 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET Again
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416 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET To wh
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418 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET Among
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420 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET diffe
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422 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET into
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424 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET Here
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426 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET May t
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430 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET the c
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432 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET THE R
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434 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET THE P
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436 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET place
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438 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET tain
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440 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET I pra
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442 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET he sh
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446 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET 2.111
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448 MAGIC AND RITUAL. IN TIBET As a
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450 MAGIC ASD RITUAL IN TIBET unsta
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452 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET He vi
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454 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET upon
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158 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET ritua
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460 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET can w
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462 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET only
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MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET tion and
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466 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET at be
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I PREFACE Notes 1 Ferdinand Diederi
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NOTES CHAPTER I: WORSHIP 1 Rgyal-po
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NOTES 473 that "E. Schlagintweit tr
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NOTES ti° nS ' 0f which we may men
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NOTES pp. 54-57; there is an Englis
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NOTES text; see, tor example, the "
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NOTES 88 See Ferdinand Lessing, "'
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NOTES las Andre" Breton, "II y aura
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NOTES 169 Tsong-kha-pa, Sngags-rim
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NOTES by another scholar; this part
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NOTES und erlautert," Asiatica: Fes
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495 46 Anonymous, Cora-bandha, P. 4
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NOTES w 'Ja'-tshon snying-po, Zab-c
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NOTES 499 'jigs-pa rang-grol zhes b
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NOTES 29 Dkon-mchog yan-lag [Zhva-d
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Non-Tibetan Sources Bibliography Ab
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 505 David-Neel, Alexan
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 507 Nebesky-Wojkowitz,
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 509 Vidyabhusana, Sati
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 511 Arya-srimati-kuruk
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 513 Vaidyapada. Catura
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 515 . Rje-btsun sgrol-
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 517 Dpal gsang-ba 'dus
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 519 Rin-chen rnam-rgya
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522 INDEX Atisa, xiii, 3, 11, 12, 1
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524 ma-yin-pa'i kun-tu rtog-pa], 91
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526 AH HUM, 143, 380; the gift tor
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528 INDEX Great Terrors ['jigs-pa c
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530 INDEX K'ach'er [kha-khyer]. See
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532 INDEX Lord of the Cemetery [dur
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534 INDEX lama of the Lord [mgon-po
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536 Pills, magic [ril-bu], 283, 284
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538 INDEX Rigdzin zhigpo lingpa [ri
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540 INDEX bskyed], 177, 178, 189, 2
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542 INDEX — four [rnal-'byor bzhi
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