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BEYOND ACCEPTANCE AND REJECTION? The Anti-Bon Polemic Included in the Thirteenth-Century Single Intention (Dgong-gcig Yig-cha) and Its Background in Tibetan Religious History

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MARTIN, D. BEYOND ACCEPTANCE AND REJECTION? The Anti-Bon Polemic Included in the Thirteenth-Century Single Intention (Dgong-gcig Yig-cha) and Its Background in Tibetan Religious History. Journal of Indian Philosophy 25, 263–305 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004267832325

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