MEDITATION MANUALS / 01
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MEDITATION MANUALS / 02
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Follow a disputed definition across the Vimuttimagga and Visuddhimagga, with its Chinese and Pāli evidence kept in view.
MEDITATION MANUALS / 03
When steadiness becomes a stopping point.
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