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bod brgyud nang bstan lha tshogs chen mo bzhugs so, 2001. ISBN 7-5420-0816-1. Page 434-438.

Toh 643/890. The Incantation of the Promise Made by Maitreya. བྱམས་པས་དམ་བཅས་པའི་གཟུངས། · byams pas dam bcas pa'i gzungs. maitreyapratijñādhāraṇī. [2 pages].

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