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The study of Buddhism is essentially the study of modification, how we modify the state of mind we're in, how we modify the realm we're in.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
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