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Nirvana is the other side, the source of all things, where all the aggregates come from, where the templates of infinity are.

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
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Sides
Suffering
Aggregates
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Templates
Things
Nirvana
Infinity

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