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Just as if you put your finger into water, it will get wet, and if you put it into fire, it will burn, so if you invest your mind in the wisdom mind of the Buddhas, it will transform into their wisdom nature.
Sogyal Rinpoche
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Sogyal Rinpoche
Died: 2019
Died: August 28
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