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The Buddhist concept is that it takes 48 days to get near this state [of death]. So it's a slow process, moving into, not a permanent death, but the world of the dead.
Hiroshi Sugimoto
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Hiroshi Sugimoto
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 23
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