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Enlightenment doesn't simply mean being in heavenly states of mind. It doesn't mean being a saint.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
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San Diego
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As long as it's a world, it has laws. Why, I don't know, it's just the way it is. In Nirvana, there are no laws.
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Suffering follows the lack of wisdom.
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The finite forms have fallen away and we have become God.
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Pain and frustration vanish in the sunlight of your smile.
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The other side is beyond knowing. You cannot know what you experience on the other side, here. Wisdom is beyond the grasp of the conscious mind.
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