In this, his major work, Jeffrey Hopkins, one of the world's foremost scholar-practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism, offers a clear exposition of the Prasangika-Madhyamika view of emptiness as presented in the Ge-luk-ba tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. In bringing this remarkable and complex philosophy to life, he describes the meditational practices by which emptiness can be realized and shows throughout that, far from being merely abstract, these teachings can be vivid and utterly practical. Presented in six parts, this book is indispensable for those wishing to delve deeply into Buddhist thought.
Meditation on Emptiness, Jeffrey Hopkins, Wisdom Publications, Paperback, 1048 pages, $39.95
Jeffrey Hopkins is Professor of Tibetan Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia where he has taught Tibetan Studies and Tibetan language since 1973. He received a B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1963, trained for five years at the Lamaist Buddhist Monastery of America (now the Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center) in New Jersey, and received a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from the University of Wisconsin in 1973. From 1979 to 1989 he served as His Holiness the Dalai Lama's chief interpreter into English on lecture tours in the U.S., Canada, Southeast Asia, Great Britain, and Switzerland. He has published seventeen articles and more than twenty-five books, including Meditation on Emptiness. At the University of Virginia he founded programs in Buddhist Studies and Tibetan Studies and served as Director of the Center for South Asian Studies for twelve years.
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List of Illustrations
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7
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Introduction
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9
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Technical Note
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19
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List of Abbreviations
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23
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Acknowledgements
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25
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PART ONE: MEDITATION
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27
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(98)
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1
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Purpose and Motivation
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29
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(6)
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2
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Self: The Opposite of Selflessness
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35
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(8)
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3
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Meditation: Identifying Self
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43
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4
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Meditative Investigation
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47
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5
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Dependent-Arising
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53
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6
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Diamond Slivers
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57
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(4)
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7
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Realization
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61
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8
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Calm Abiding
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67
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(24)
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9
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Special Insight
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91
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(20)
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10
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Tantra
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111
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(6)
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11
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Buddhahood
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117
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PART TWO: REASONING INTO REALITY
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125
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(72)
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Introduction
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127
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(4)
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The Diamond Slivers
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131
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The Four Extremes
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151
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3
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The Four Alternatives
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155
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4
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Dependent-Arising
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161
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5
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Refuting a Self of Persons
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175
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PART THREE: THE BUDDHIST WORLD
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197
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(108)
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Introduction
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199
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1
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The Selfless
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213
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(62)
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2
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Dependent-Arising of Cyclic Existence
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275
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(10)
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3
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The Four Noble Truths
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285
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PART FOUR: SYSTEMS
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305
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(124)
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1
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Self
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307
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(10)
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2
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Non-Buddhist Systems
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317
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3
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Hinyana
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335
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(18)
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4
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History of the Mahayana
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353
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(12)
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Chittamatra
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365
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(34)
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Madhyamika
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399
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PART FIVE: PRASANGIKA-MADHYAMIKA
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429
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The Prasangika School
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431
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Debate
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441
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3
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Bhavaviveka's Criticism of Buddhapalita
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455
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4
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Chandrakirti's Defense of Buddhapalita
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469
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5
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Chandrakirti's Refutation of Bhavaviveka
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499
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Prasangika in Tibet
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531
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7
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Validation of Phenomena
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539
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(10)
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8
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Meditative Reasoning
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549
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(12)
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PART SIX: TRANSLATION: EMPTINESS IN THE PRASANGIKA SYSTEM
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561
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(138)
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Introduction
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563
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(18)
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Contents
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581
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(2)
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1
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Background
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583
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(12)
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2
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Interpretation of Scripture
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595
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(30)
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3
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The Object of Negation
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625
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(14)
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4
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Refuting Inherently Existent Production
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639
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(12)
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5
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Other Types of Production
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651
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(8)
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6
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Dependent-Arising
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659
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(18)
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7
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Refuting a Self of Persons
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677
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(22)
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APPENDICES
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699
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(36)
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Types of Awareness
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701
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(6)
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2
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Other Interpretations of Dependent-Arising
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707
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(6)
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3
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Modes of Division of the Vaibhashika Schools
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713
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(8)
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4
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Negatives
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721
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(8)
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5
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Proof Statements
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729
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(6)
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Glossary
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735
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Bibliography
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755
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(38)
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Notes
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793
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(114)
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Tibetan Text
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907
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(60)
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Emendations to the Tibetan Text
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967
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(12)
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List of Charts
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979
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(2)
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Index
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981
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(36)
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