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Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world. Practicing metta illuminates our inner integrity because it relieves us of the need to deny different aspects of ourselves.

Sharon Salzberg

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Sharon Salzberg
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 5
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