{"id":390,"date":"2021-04-28T19:40:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T19:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/registrar\/?p=390"},"modified":"2024-07-06T17:11:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T17:11:02","slug":"his301-history-of-buddhist-philosophy-india-and-tibet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/registrar\/his301-history-of-buddhist-philosophy-india-and-tibet\/","title":{"rendered":"HIS301 History of Buddhist Philosophy: India and Tibet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 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