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and Dharmata'') is a short

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work, attributed to

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, which discusses the distinction and correlation (''vibhāga'') between

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(''

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'') and

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('' dharmatā''); the work exists in both a prose and a verse version and survives only in

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translation. However, the

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original was reported to exist in

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during the 1930s by the

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n Buddhologist and explorer,

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In English translation

The Dharmadharmata-vibhaga was translated into English by Jim Scott in 2004''Maitreya's Distinguishing Phenomena and Pure Being: Commentary by Mipham.'' by Jim Scott with Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. Snow Lion Publications. Ithaca: 2004.

References

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