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997:Navayana
977:Hinayana
972:MahÄyÄna
882:Lay life
712:Morality
692:Not-self
650:Concepts
609:Councils
594:Timeline
566:Glossary
548:Buddhism
540:a series
538:Part of
374:Practice
323:Escapism
313:Arcology
304:Concepts
143:Mahoroba
138:Mag Mell
118:Ketumati
24:a series
22:Part of
1269:Taungoo
1229:yojanas
1205:Banaras
1122:Vietnam
1077:Myanmar
992:Tibetan
982:Chinese
910:NirvÄį¹a
727:Saį¹sÄra
722:Rebirth
587:History
576:Outline
457:Germany
452:Finland
447:America
333:New Man
83:Elysium
56:Arcadia
32:Utopias
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1193:Buddha
1107:Taiwan
1087:Russia
1027:Brazil
1022:Bhutan
942:Buddha
862:Wisdom
645:Dharma
430:Nanjie
388:HosPex
235:Theory
211:Utopia
1213:India
1117:Tibet
1057:Korea
1052:Japan
1042:India
1037:China
1002:Newar
927:Arhat
717:Karma
571:Index
128:Opona
1514:link
1496:OCLC
1460:ISBN
1420:ISBN
1372:ISBN
1265:Pali
1062:Laos
967:PÄli
198:List
173:Zion
78:Eden
1207:in
489:WSF
403:UBI
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