Cultivating the Immovable Mind | Cristina Moon
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“If there is meaning in life at all, there must be meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete.” — Victor Frankl   In the talk, guest teacher Cristina Moon guides us through the teachings of the Four Noble Truths […]
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