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Jan 2020
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26: Knowing I'm Eternal Makes Everything...

RAGHUNATH CAPPO & KAUSTUBHA DAS
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transforming attachments rather than breaking attachments / discontent should move us towards truth / knowing I'm eternal makes everything meaningful / cat in the basket - how rituals lose meaning / good teachers are rooted in the sacred text - not just making it up 

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