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Rise above the limited conditions of pleasure and pain, success and failure, happiness and sorrow, that all the countless unenlightened beings in creation are slaves to.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
Author
Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
Inspirational
Beings
Unenlightened
Failure
Countless
Creation
Slaves
Conditions
Limited
Pleasure
Buddhism
Happiness
Rise
Success
Slave
Pain
Sorrow

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