Beste Monastery podcaster (2024)

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Patched bucket, Bottomless bucket? 41:09

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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 12/22/24 - Hojin Sensei introduces us to Ancestor Mugai Nyodai, the first woman Rinzai Abbot in the Zen tradition from 13th century, Japan. Referring to a story from The Hidden Lamp: Chiyono’s “No Water, No Moon”, Hojin brings up this ability to exercise our freedom to keep things together or let things come apar…

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Br. Robert James Magliula's sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 22, 2024 16:57

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Conversations No-one Wants to Have - 12-22-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 1:09:00

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https://youtu.be/WNCDS_WBCiUAv Sokuzan

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“Mom, I’m Becoming a Monk!” & Other Christmas Conversation-Killers | CMM Community 59:36

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In this "Q&A and Community Stories" session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho are joined by Tan Budhisaro from Thailand, answering questions about balancing worldly obligations and Dhamma, the practice of "Buddho" as samatha and vipassanā practice, and following one's calling to the Path. In the "Community Stories" section, Clear Mountain community m…

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Opening The Eye Mind - 12-18-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 1:16:52

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Sokuzan leads us through "Opening The Eye Mind" Awareness practice, using as the artwork, "Cornered" by Philip Guston (born Phillip Goldstein, June 27, 1913 – June 7, 1980) .Guston was a Canadian American painter, printmaker, muralist and draftsman. In a career of constant struggle and evolution, Philip Guston emerged first in the 1930s as a social…

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Angels, Bodhisattvas, and Spontaneously Reborn Beings | Tan Tejadhammo Convo 47:49

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In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho speak with their friend Tan Tejadhammo of Wat Marp Jan about the existence of celestial beings (deva) and the utility of such a belief, as they each share stories of uncanny light. The link to the 6:45-7:30 pm Zoom session following the livestream may be found on the event listing at https://www.clear…

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What Is Blame? - 12-15-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 57:20

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https://youtu.be/-LPnymLQ1nQAv Sokuzan

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Walking in the Light of Lotus Moon 50:16

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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 12/15/24 - We are continuously receiving from our ancestors, “bringing us the Dharma here and now.” To see ourselves as part of the continuous body of interconnecting, interdepending, and interpenetrating members—past, present, and future—is one of the functions of Buddhist training and meditation practice. When …

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Everything is in the Heart 38:36

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Danica Shoan Ankele, Osho - ZMM - 12/15/24 - A poem by Zen monastic hermit Ryokan brings inspiration for this talk from Shoan Osho. Ryokan communicated Zen and Buddhist teachings through everyday encounters, directly expressing awakened nature, or Buddha nature. Shoan explores how this awakened nature, inseparable from the natural world, comes to l…

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Br. Bernard Delcourt's sermon for the Third Sunday of Advent, December 15, 2024 10:21

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Av Holy Cross Monastery Sermons (West Park)

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The Practice of Zen is Zazen 32:54

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Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - ZMM - 12/14/24 - This talk explores how the minimal instructions for Zen practice that have been handed down to us from Dogen Zenji encourage us to be with what is, as it arises, without fixing or adding extra. “Realizing the fundamental point, it is practice realization,” Dogen wrote. We a…

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Finding Community at Clear Mountain | Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho 48:04

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In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho discuss various aspects of the community dynamic and support being fostered in the Clear Mountain community in Seattle, Washington, specifically through the framework of the 6 "Principles of Cordiality" (Sāraṇīya-dhammas"): 1) acting with loving-kindness by body – in public and private; 2) acting with…

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Br. Robert Leo Sevensky's sermon for the funeral of Br. Laurence Harms, December 10, 2024 15:02

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Celebrating the Buddha’s Enlightenment 41:46

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi ZMM - 12/08/24 - Having exhausted all the methods that were available at the time, Shakyamuni Buddha turned toward a new path, a simple seclusion and inward turning of mind. He received nourishment from Sujata and courageously defeated Mara on the path of liberation. This inspiring tale is retold by Shugen Roshi on the…

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Storytelling Around Siddhartha 52:25

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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 12/08/24 - Today is Bodhi Day, the commemoration of the enlightenment of Siddhartha; a day in which the possibility of not just spinning in confusion, reactivity and fathomless separation is celebrated. Hear about Siddhartha's resolve to discover the root of why we suffer and the nature of existence. Hear about t…

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Br. Randy Greve's sermon for the Second Sunday of Advent, December 8, 2024 11:47

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Av Holy Cross Monastery Sermons (West Park)

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Matrix of Other - 12-08-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 51:45

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https://youtu.be/HNcRiOrENrMAv Sokuzan

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Liberation in Four Movements: Learning to Listen to the Noble Truths | Ajahn Nisabho 59:24

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In this talk, Ajahn Nisabho speaks about the Four Noble Truths, and how to orient our practice based on which Truth we are experiencing. Tune in with fellow practitioners for Clear Mountain’s weekly online and hybrid events! - Wednesday Evening Teaching & Discussion (6:00 – 7:30 pm PT, YouTube then Zoom) - Saturday Morning Meditation, Teaching, & C…

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Is It Too Late to Begin Practicing? - 12-06-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 49:28

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https://youtu.be/tzGgyefT6-oAv Sokuzan

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Becoming Indistractible: Maps of Jhāna & Controversies of Concentration 49:03

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In this interview, Leigh Brasington speaks about the various interpretations of jhāna, practical steps to access it, becoming "indistractible", and more. Bio Leigh Brasington has been practicing meditation since 1985 and is the senior American student of the late Ven. Ayya Khema. Leigh began assisting Ven. Ayya Khema in 1994, and began teaching ret…

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Receive Mistakes - 12-04-24 with SOkuzan - sokukoji.org 1:08:39

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Receive Mistakes - 12-04-24 with SOkuzan - sokukoji.org by SokuzanAv Sokuzan

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Seeing Our True Identity 45:54

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 12/01/24 - From Master Wu-Men's Gateless Gate, Case 12 Jui-yen Calls "Master" - How does our sense of self come about? Does it happen automatically and, if so, is it illusory? The aim of zen practice is to cut through the illusion, see the self and other as an interdependent whole and therein recognize our true…

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Feeling Our Way to Awakening 45:20

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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 12/01/24 - In Master Hongzhi's practice instruction, The Misunderstanding of Many Lifetimes, he points us in the direction of seeing the fusion-identification with our emotions, which is illusory. How do we understand our emotions, accept our situation and open to the spiritual energy which can transport us to re…

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Br. Aidan Owen's sermon for the First Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2024 13:03

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Av Holy Cross Monastery Sermons (West Park)

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Family Holidays: Highest Blessings & Highest Testings | Ajahn Kovilo 48:10

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In this session, given just after a visit home for Thanksgiving, Ajahn Kovilo speaks about several of the "highest blessings" found in the Mangala Sutta (https://suttacentral.net/kp5/en/sujato?lang=en), namely: - "providing for mother and father’s support" (mātāpitu upaṭṭhānaṃ) - "cherishing family" (puttadārassa saṅgaho) - "ways of work that harm …

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The Awareness Priority - 12-01-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 1:02:27

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https://youtu.be/O1pQpKkZjGUAv Sokuzan

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Flavors of Theravāda: Burma, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia | Āyasmā Ariyadhammika Q&A 1:04:51

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In this interview, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Āyasmā Ariyadhammika, spiritual director of Sāsanārakkha Buddhist Sanctuary (SBS) (https://sasanarakkha.org/). BIO Ven. Ariyadhammika is an Austrian Buddhist monk who ordained in 2005 in Myanmar with Pa-Auk Sayadaw as his preceptor and meditation teacher. He maintained a very simple lifest…

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Form Is Suchness - 11-27-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 58:36

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https://youtu.be/gdb1ragcWPcAv Sokuzan

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Br. Scott Wesley Borden's sermon for the Feast of Father James Otis Sargent Huntington OHC, Founder, November 26, 2024 13:46

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Av Holy Cross Monastery Sermons (West Park)

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Br. David Bryan Hoopes sermon for the Last Sunday after Pentecost, Christ the King, November 24, 2024 8:56

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Av Holy Cross Monastery Sermons (West Park)

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Unrelenting Intention - 11-24-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 50:53

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https://youtu.be/DNBdBvyhML8Av Sokuzan

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The Art of Discipline: Lay Vinaya & Building a Buddhist Life | Ajahn Nisabho 53:29

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Tune in with fellow practitioners for Clear Mountain’s weekly online and hybrid events! - Wednesday Evening Teaching & Discussion (6:00 – 7:30 pm PT, YouTube then Zoom) - Saturday Morning Meditation, Teaching, & Coffee Social (9:30 - 11 am PT, Online & In-Person) - Sunday Evening “Mission Majjhima!” Sutta Teaching & Discussion (5:00 - 6 pm PT, Onli…

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The Supreme Method 54:14

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 11/23/24 - Letting go of our grasping mind is wisdom itself. Yet it’s difficult to understand “wisdom” as a quality we embody, in part because wisdom is devoid of self-nature and cannot be grasped. But if there is no self, for whom do we extend compassion? Who receives the benefits? Conventional existence and t…

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What Is Peaceful Abiding? 41:49

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Katie Yosha Scott-Childress, Senior Lay Student - ZMM - 11/22/24 - Exploring the focus of the 90-day training period as “peaceful dwelling,” senior lay student Yosha looks at how we can bring our presence and practice to all situations, even worldly activity which is fraught with disagreements and controversy.…

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Do I Die, Or Do I Live? 48:59

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Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - ZMM - 11/21/24 - From The Book of Equanimity, Case 30 - Daizui's Fire at the End of the Kalpa - Practice offers a way for cutting through dualities within which we tend to get lost, as all of our lives are based on these dualities. Hogen Sensei challenges us to see from a larger perspective, a way which inherently challeng…

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Your True Home 48:51

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 11/20/24 - Drawing from the wisdom chapter of Shantideva’s teachings and other sources, Shugen Roshi brings out the subtle distinctions between craving-as-a-hindrance and aspiration. By seeing into the true nature of all reality, we can free ourselves from the endless cycles of clinging and attachment without n…

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Order of Immediate Light - 11-17-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 59:11

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https://youtu.be/aOhlswikWL4Av Sokuzan

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Karmic Actions and Conditions 44:19

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - 11/17/24 - We often ask ourselves in response to outside conditions: what do we do now? Our typical reactive, worrying state is often laying on extra trouble as we search for ways to act, to respond. While we have intrinsic, perfect buddha nature and can rely on this, we also live in the midst of strong forces of kar…

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Practicing in Accord with the Dharma 43:46

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Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - ZMM - 11/17/24 - Continuing with Bodhidharma’s teachings on the "Two Entrances", dharma holder Gokan explores how “all inclusive practice” includes even our struggles, our discomfort. He asks, when does “practicing the dharma” actually happen? And when are habits, views and the tendency to …

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Br. Francis Daniel Beckham's sermon for the Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 28 B, November 17, 2024 12:56

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Av Holy Cross Monastery Sermons (West Park)

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”Times Are Urgent; We Need to Slow Down” | Ayya Santaciitā 1:05:36

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In this talk, Ayya Santacittā speaks about how, in the face of a chaotic world, we can fortify the heart with a sense of patience, equipoise, and the steady intention of the earthworm—making space amidst the pressure of surrounding dark. The talk is followed by a meditation on the body as elements and not-self. Biography Santacitta Bhikkhuni was bo…

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A Lifetime of Alchemy—Fusatsu Talk 21:53

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Danica Shoan Ankele, Osho - 11/15/24 - Our ordinary life experiences are what we work with in practice; “a lifetime of alchemy” as Shoan Osho notes in this Fusatsu talk. This ancient practice gives us the tools with which to transform karma, in how we can recognize, acknowledge, and atone for our actions. In this way we can heal and live fully in a…

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What’s Your Brahmavihāra? And Locating Your Lineage! | Tuere Sala Q&A 47:31

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In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Tuere Sala, Guiding Teacher at Seattle Insight Meditation Society and the founding teacher of the Capitol Hill Meditation Group. They speak about Tuere's path to the Dhamma, the difficulty People of Color have entering largely white Dhamma groups, the potency of the Thai Forest Tradition, de…

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Invite It In - 11-13-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 51:33

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https://youtu.be/Y6FEv6ts0fEAv Sokuzan

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Jukai Ceremony at ZMM, November 2024 1:07:23

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - 11/10/24 - Shugen Roshi officiates the November 2024 Ango Jukai ceremony at Zen Mountain Monastery. Today, four students formally receive the sixteen Buddhist precepts, taking up these living teachings, living vows in the company of the sangha with family and friends: Jill Kisho Hamer (Radiant Star), Jonathan Dokan C…

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Br. Ephrem Arcement's sermon for the Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 27 B, November 10, 2024 16:58

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Av Holy Cross Monastery Sermons (West Park)

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The Goldsmith’s Guide to Inner Perfection... & the Election | Ajahn Nisabho 1:00:47

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In this talk, Ajahn Nisabho speaks about how we can hold the political upheavals of the world with equanimity, turning towards their challenges as sources of growth rather than suffering. If approached with wisdom, such difficulties can become the flame that purifies the heart's gold, as in AN 3.101 (https://suttacentral.net/an3.101/en/thanissaro?l…

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What You're Taking For Granted - 11-10-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 1:08:15

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https://youtu.be/KaApL-U6AJkAv Sokuzan

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Karaniya Metta Sutta: Chant of Loving Kindness 13:25

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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei 11/9/24 - Hojin Sensei introduces this chant, an essential means to connect body and mind, to draw out our inherent love and kindness, always needed, especially now. If you don't already have it, you can download the Sutta here: https://zmm.org/teachings-and-training/liturgy/karaniya-metta-sutta/…

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Buddha’s Great Love 41:26

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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 11/3/24 - Hojin Sensei encourages us to stay focused, remain alert and aware and to not run away from what comes up. To turn towards practice. To remember that we each have good medicine as practitioners to meet our life, to protect and guard the mind of goodness. Then in turn to offer the Bodhi mind of love, wis…

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