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Buddhism’s Vajrayāna: Rituals

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  1. Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA, USA

    John Thompson

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    David A. Leeming

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Thompson, J. (2020). Buddhism’s Vajrayāna: Rituals. In: Leeming, D.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24348-7_9347

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