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Holding Up the Mirror to Buddha-nature: Discerning the Ghee in the Lotus Sūtra

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Wawrytko, S.A. Holding Up the Mirror to Buddha-nature: Discerning the Ghee in the Lotus Sūtra . Dao 6, 63–81 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11712-007-9004-2

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