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# Mirabai Starr

(1960)   Translator

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Mirabai Starr is a translator.

## Quick Facts About Mirabai Starr

Born November 30, 1960

Profession Translator

## About Mirabai Starr

American religious writer...

##  Quotes by Mirabai Starr

> [“the heaven to which Jesus points is the spaciousness within ourselves—one that makes room for those who threaten us, for those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mirabai-starr/the-heaven-to-which-jesus-points-is-the-spaciousness-within-ourselves/)

[Mirabai Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mirabai-starr/)

[Spaciousness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/spaciousness/)

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> [“Ever since that troublemaker Eve handed that gullible Adam the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, they say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mirabai-starr/ever-since-that-troublemaker-eve-handed-that-gullible-adam-the-fruit/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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> [“Your God would never punish you for being a human being: this life itself is your penance...But it is also more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mirabai-starr/your-god-would-never-punish-you-for-being-a-human-being-this-life/)

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[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

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> [“There is a secret place. A radiant sanctuary. As real as your own kitchen. More real than that. Constructed of the purest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mirabai-starr/there-is-a-secret-place-a-radiant-sanctuary-as-real-as-your-own/)

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[Beautiful place](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful-place/)

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