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If you think there's an important difference between being a Christian or a Jew or a Hindu or a Muslim or a Buddhist, then you're making a division between your heart, what you love with, and the way you act in the world.
Coleman Barks
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Coleman Barks
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 23
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