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You have to come to the world of enlightenment with open hands, not clinched fists, without an agenda.

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
Buddhism
Open
Hands
Etiquette
Come
Fists
Without
Agenda
World
Agendas
Buddhist
Enlightenment

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