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CONTENTS: Divination in Exile
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Acknowledgements
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vii
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List of Figures and Tables
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viii
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Introduction: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
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1
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The Study of Tibetan Divination
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8
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Introduction
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8
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The Study of Tibetan Divination in the West
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9
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Divination in European and American Scholarship
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29
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Divination Eliminates Anxiety and Facilitates Decision Making
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31
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Divination, Dialogue, and Rationality
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33
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Tibetan Divination and the Bon Tradition
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37
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A Brief Introduction to Tibetan Divination
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37
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Remarks on Tibetan Buddhist Historiography and the Origins of Divination
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41
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General Remarks on the Bon Religion
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47
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Bonpos in the Contemporary Diaspora Community
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53
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Two Classifications of Bon Religious Teachings: the
sGo bzhi mdzod lnga and Theg pa rim pa dgu
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The Classification of Divination and Its Origins in the Bon Tradition: Excerpts from the
gZi brjid
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Divination Manuscripts in the Bon Canon
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lDe'u 'phrul Divination
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70
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Introduction
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70
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lDe'u 'phrul Divination
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lDe'u 'phrul Origin Narratives
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75
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Location
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78
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Outline of the
lDe'u 'phrul Rite
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79
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lDe'u 'phrul Prognostics: Major and Minor Results
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The Interpretation of Prognostics
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93
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The Divination of sMra ba'i seng ge
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105
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Introduction to the sMra seng rdel mo gsal ba'i me long
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105
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Transliteration Guidelines
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107
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Translation of MS
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107
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Conclusion: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Tibetan Divination?
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137
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Appendix 1: The Divination Gods: Excerpts from the MSAP
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143
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Appendix 2: Facsimilies of MSED
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150
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Bibliography
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169
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Index
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