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| Princeton Readings in Religions | |
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| Note on Transliteration | |
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| Contents by Tradition | |
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| Contents by Chronology | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Deities and Ancestors in Early Oracle Inscriptions | |
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| Laozi: Ancient Philosopher, Master of Immortality, and God | |
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| The Lives and Teachings of the Divine Lord of Zitong | |
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| City Gods and Their Magistrates | |
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| The Earliest Tales of the Bodhisattva Guanshiyin | |
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| A Sutra Promoting the White-robed Guanyin as Giver of Sons | |
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| Zhu Xi on Spirit Beings | |
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| The Inner Cultivation Tradition of Early Daoism | |
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| Body Gods and Inner Vision: The Scripture of the Yellow Court | |
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| An Early Poem of Mystical Excursion | |
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| Declarations of the Perfected | |
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| Seduction Songs of One of the Perfected | |
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| Answering a Summons | |
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| Visions of Manjusri on Mount Wutai | |
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| Ny Dan the Manchu Shamaness | |
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| Teachings of a Spirit Medium | |
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| Spellbinding | |
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| Record of the Feng and Shan Sacrifices | |
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| The Scripture on the Production of Buddha Images | |
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| The Purification Ritual of the Luminous Perfected | |
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| Saving the Burning-Mouth Hungry Ghost | |
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| The Law of the Spirits | |
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| Shrines to Local Former Worthies | |
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| Daoist Ritual in Contemporary Southeast China | |
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| Calling on Souls and Dealing with Spirits: Three Lahu Ritual Texts | |
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| A Funeral Chant of the Yi Nationality | |
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| Abridged Codes of Master Lu for the Daoist Community | |
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| The Scripture in Forty-two Sections | |
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| The Scripture on Perfect Wisdom for Humane Kings Who Wish to Protect Their States | |
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| The Buddhism of the Cultured Elite | |
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| Buddhist Ritual and the State | |
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| Biography of a Buddhist Layman | |
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| The Book of Good Deeds: A Scripture of the Ne People | |
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| Supernatural Retribution and Human Destiny | |
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| Stories from an Illustrated Explanation of the Tract of the Most Exalted on Action and Response | |
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| Record of Occultists | |
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| Imperial Guest Ritual | |
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| Index | |