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Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.

Pema Chodron

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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
Clergyman
Philosopher
Writer
New York City
New York
Deirdre Blomfield-Brow
Indestructible
Annihilation
Expose
Extent
Determination
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Found
Life

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