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Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth

Sogyal Rinpoche

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Sogyal Rinpoche
Died: 2019
Died: August 28
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The future is very much in our hands--in our actions.
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The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.
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