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Skill in concentrating and steadying the mind is the basis for all types of meditation.

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
Author
Psychologist
Writer
the United States of America
Basis
Bases
Skills
Meditation
Type
Steadying
Mind
Concentrating
Types
Skill

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