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    <title>Ascent of the Thunder Dragon</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Wakefielfd, Sasha</namePart>
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    <publisher>Wisdom Publications</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2019</dateIssued>
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    <extent>474 pages :illustrations ;c24 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>Jewels of the Middle Way by James B. Apple is a scholarly study of Madhyamaka (Middle Way) Buddhism in India and Tibet, focusing on the teachings of Atiśa and his early Tibetan Kadampa followers. The book examines the Two Realities/Two Truths, the awakening mind (bodhicitta), and Madhyamaka meditation, using translations and analysis of Tibetan texts.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Apple, James B.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Mādhyamika (Buddhism)</topic>
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