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Jul 2022
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786: How Many Lifetimes Have I Been Thro...

RAGHUNATH CAPPO & KAUSTUBHA DAS
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"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." - Marcus Tullius Cicero / education steers our choices - our choices become us / we think we are independent, but we've been divinely cared for / Krishna has an eye on you / Bhagavatam teaches us to Zoom out even more / the material world is a fading dream / how many lifetimes have I been through? / let go of the cactus / in bhakti it's all good / spiritual knowledge is the perfect benediction / the sages share the knowledge to develop the conviction to break the cycle

4.22.41-47

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