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Be equal to whatever you meet! That is a better way to react to life. It is accomplished simply by meeting everything in understanding, by demanding understanding from within yourself.

Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

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Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Age: 74 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 5
Died: 2001
Died: November 12
Cleric
Priest
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Oakland
California
Robert Hansen
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Understanding
Meeting
Whatever
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Better
Insight
Everything
Meetings
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