HIGHER REACHES ANSWERS: Buddha translation from ancient Tibetan to English a 100-year task, say volunteers and scholars 10 years into the job [October 20, 2020]
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1. break free from the endless cycle of rebirth to attain nirvana, or enlightenment
2. It is meant to reflect the large number of texts to be translated, as well as the 84,000 mental states, emotions and feelings according to Buddhist literature.
3. Sanskrit
4. Chinese version of the texts
5. C
6. exponentially
7. (i) T
(ii) NG
(iii) F
(iv) F
8. (i) c
(ii) a
(iii) b
9. D
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