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Chapter 08
Tsentru: the rites of lustral sprinkling The White Tsen: purification by water The Red Tsen: purification by blood Blood and meat in Tantrism
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ix. Healing properties of the different types of blood
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Chapter IX - The Bon of The rites that liberate from curses
i. Various types of curses
ii. The offering rites to the Deities of the Pure Dimensions The rites of expiation for the Walmo of the Sky
iv. The rites to establish the support of the Protectors of Space v. The rites of reconciliation with the Sadag, Lu and Nyen
Chapter X - The Bon of Medicine: The Healing Methods
i. Medicine in the Shen of the Cha
The diagnosis: the examination of the primary and secondary causes iii. The examination of the pulse and urine
iv. The examination of the signs of death
The classification of illnesses
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vii. The Medicines
viii. Therapies and external treatments
ix. Don: the 'provocations of energy'
Chapter XI - The Bon of Astrology: The control of existence i. Astrological knowledge in Tibet before Shenrab Miwoche The meaning of the term ko
Kabtse: the astrology of the hidden points
iv. The origin of the astrology of the elements
v. Kongtse Trulgyel in the Bon tradition.
The system of the parkha trigrams
vii. The mewa system of numbers
viii. Establishing the date of Shenrab Miwoche's birth ix. The time cycle of the elements and the Chuzhag
X. The term tsuglag in Tibetan astrology
xi. Tsuglag and Bon in the Tun Huang manuscripts
Chapter XII - The Mang in the origin Myths and the to rites
i. The meaning of mang and the rites of the Human Generations The myth of the cosmic egg: the origin of existence
iii. The eighteen forebears of mankind
iv. The ritual function of the mang
V. The nine Dre and the ten Si vi. Various types of To rites
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