CONTENTS: Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep
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Preface
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11
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Introduction
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15
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Receiving the Teachings
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17
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PART ONE: THE NATURE OF DREAM
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21
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Dream and Reality
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23
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How Experience Arises
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24
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Ignorance
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24
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Actions and Results: Karma and Karmic Traces
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26
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Negative Karma
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29
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Positive Karma
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29
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Liberating Emotions
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30
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Obscurations of Consciousness
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31
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Karmic Traces and Dream
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32
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The Six Realms of Cyclic Existence
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34
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Hell Realm
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37
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Hungry Ghost Realm
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38
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Animal Realm
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38
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Human Realm
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39
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Demi-god Realm
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39
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God Realm
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40
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Why "Negative" Emotion?
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40
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The Energy Body
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42
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Channels and Prana
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42
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Channels (Tsa)
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43
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Prana (Lung)
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Karmic Prana
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45
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Three Kinds of Karmic Prana
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45
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Wisdom Prana
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46
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Pranic Activity
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Balancing the Prana
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Prana and Mind
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Chakras
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48
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Blind Horse, Lame Rider
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Summary: How Dreams Arise
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52
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Images from the
Mother Tantra
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53
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Teaching Metaphors
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56
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PART TWO: KINDS AND USES OF DREAMS
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59
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Three Kinds of Dreams
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61
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Samsaric Dreams
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61
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Dreams of Clarity
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Clear Light Dreams
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Uses of Dreams
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65
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Experience in Dream
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65
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Guidance and Guidelines
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66
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Divination
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68
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Teachings in Dream
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70
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3
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The Discovery of Chod Practice
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72
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4
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Two Levels of Practice
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76
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PART THREE: THE PRACTICE OF DREAM YOGA
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Vision, Action, Dream, Death
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Calm Abiding: Zhine
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84
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Forceful Zhine
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86
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Natural Zhine
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Ultimate Zhine
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Obstacles
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88
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Agitation
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88
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Drowsiness
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Laxity
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The Four Fundamental Practices
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90
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One: Changing the Karmic Traces
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Two: Removing Grasping and Aversion
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Three: Strengthening Intention
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Four: Cultivating Memory and Joyful Effort
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Consistency
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Preparation for the Night
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Nine Purifications Breathing
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Guru Yoga
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The Practice
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101
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Protection
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The Main Practice
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Bringing Awareness into the Central Channel
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Increasing Clarity
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Strengthening Presence
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108
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Developing Fearlessness
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110
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Position
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111
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Focusing the Mind
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112
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The Sequence
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Lucidity
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119
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Developing Flexibility
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121
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The Obstacles
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127
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Delusion
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127
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Laxity
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128
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Self-distraction
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128
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Forgetting
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129
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Four Obstacles according to Shardza Rinpoche
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129
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Controlling and Respecting Dreams
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Simple Practices
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134
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The Waking Mind
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Preparing for Night
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Integration
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138
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PART FOUR: SLEEP
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Sleep and Falling Asleep
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Three Kinds of Sleep
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Sleep of Ignorance
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Samsaric Sleep
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Clear Light Sleep
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Sleep Practice and Dream Practice
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PART FIVE: THE PRACTICE OF SLEEP YOGA
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The Dakini, Salgye Du Dalma
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Preliminary Practice
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Sleep Practice
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Entering Sleep
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Tigle
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Progress
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165
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Obstacles
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Supportive Practices
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170
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Master
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170
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Dakini
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Behavior
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Prayer
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171
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Dissolving
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Expanding and Contracting
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Integration
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Integration of Clear Light with the Three Poisons
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174
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Integration with the Cycles of Time
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177
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External Unification
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177
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Internal Unification
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179
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Secret Unification
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180
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The Three Unifications: Conclusion
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Continuity
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PART SIX: ELABORATIONS
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Context
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Mind and Rigpa
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188
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Conceptual Mind
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188
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Non-dual Awareness: Rigpa
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189
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Base Rigpa and Path Rigpa
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191
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The Base: Kunzhi
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192
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Mind and Matter
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Knowing
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Recognizing Clarity and Emptiness
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197
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Balance
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199
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Discrimination
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Self
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200
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Paradox of the Essenceless Self
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Final Words
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Appendix: Outline of Dream Yoga Practices
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209
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Glossary
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213
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Bibliography
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