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An account of how certain presuppositions led the author astray in previous attempts at interpreting a key metaphor in Śāntideva’s Bodhicaryāvatāra 1.10.
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Hayes, R.P. When a Philosopher’s Stone Turns Gold into Base Metal. SOPHIA 55, 517–526 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11841-016-0548-7
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