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Knowing the truth about the hell-realms that animals have to endure, it would be wise of us to do our best now not to plant the karmic seeds that would cause us to be reborn as an animal in one of those hell realms.

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Sharon Gannon
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 4
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