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If you work with your mind, that will alleviate all the suffering that seems to come from the outside.

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
Alleviate
Outside
Suffering
Seems
Come
Work
Mind

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