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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Essential mind training/translated, edited, and introduced by Thupten Jinpa.—1st ed.

p. cm.

 Includes bibliographical references and index.

 ISBN 0-86171-263-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Blo-sbyo. I. Thupten Jinpa.

 BQ7805.E87 2011

 294.3’442—dc23

2011022683

ISBN 9780861712632

eBook ISBN 9780861717149

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