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Dalai Lama is very interested in learning from and sharing tips with people in other traditions, but he always stresses that we shouldn't underestimate the important differences between them.
Pico Iyer
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Pico Iyer
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: February 11
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Siddharth Pico Raghavan Iyer
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