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Dreaming and Self-Cultivation in China, 300 BCE–800 CE

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Publication Date: 04/18/2023

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  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note to the Reader
  • Introduction: Approaching Dreaming and Self-Cultivation
  • 1. Purifying
  • 2. Diagnosing
  • 3. Spilling Over
  • 4. Not Dreaming, Waking Up, and Not Minding the Difference
  • Epilogue: Fish Traps and Rabbit Snares
  • Appendix A: Dream Signs in Explication of Dreams for Bodhisattvas
  • Appendix B: Comparing Versions of the Chapter on Diagnostic Dreams in Perfection of Wisdom Texts
  • Appendix C: Incubatory Spells in Three Dongshen Registers of Red Writs of the Most High
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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