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Nirvana is the center of things then there are the outer bandings of attention. The universe is a mind. At the center of its mind is nirvana.

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
Suffering
Universe
Mind
Things
Nirvana
Outer
Center
Buddhism
Attention

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