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Funding: sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 2019–2022 (ref. 01UL1912X)
Cover illustration: Tibetan landscape. By llee_wu.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Esler, Dylan, author.
Title: Effortless spontaneity : the Dzogchen commentaries by Nubchen Sangye Yeshe / Dylan Esler.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023. | Series: Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568–6183 ; vol. 54 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022059780 (print) | LCCN 2022059781 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004534223 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004536371 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Rnying-ma-pa (Sect)–Doctrines. | Rdzogs-chen. | Sangs-rgyas-ye-shes, Gnubs-chen.
Classification: LCC BQ7662.4 .E85 2023 (print) | LCC BQ7662.4 (ebook) | DDC 294.3/420423–dc23/eng/20230119
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ISSN 1568-6183
ISBN 978-90-04-53422-3 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-53637-1 (e-book)
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