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Preface xiii
Introduction xv
The Setting and Chapter One: The Chapter of Gambh1rarthasamdhinirmocana 3
Chapter Two: The Questions of Dharmodgata 23
Chapter Three: The Questions of Suvisuddhamati 33
Chapter Four: The Questions of Subhuti 51
Chapter Five: The Questions of Visalamati 67
Chapter Six: The Questions of Gm;iakara 79
Chapter Seven: The Questions of Paramarthasamudgata 93
Chapter Eight: The Questions of Maitreya 147
Chapter Nine: The Questions of Avalokitesvara 219
Chapter Ten: The Questions of Mai\jusr1 273
Notes 313
Abbreviations 371
Bibliography 373
Glossary 384
Index 386
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