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It is taught, we too can be enlightened, every one of us. We can be completely freed from the bonds of limitation and conditioned confusion through our own endeavor, inspiration, effort and development. There is a path, and we can traverse it.

Sharon Salzberg

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