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Anything that is created must sooner or later die. Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it we have merely discovered it.
Chogyam Trungpa
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Chogyam Trungpa
Age: 47 †
Born: 1940
Born: January 1
Died: 1987
Died: April 4
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