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basic goodness

Basic Goodness

September 20, 2017September 14, 2017 by Daniel Scharpenburg

The teaching is quite simply that you are good enough…

Categories Buddhism, Free, Philosophy/Wisdom Tags basic goodness, buddha nature, buddhism, chogyam trungpa Leave a comment
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