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“From contact comes feeling. From feeling comes reaction. This is…” quote by Ayya Khema — Download Open image

“From contact comes feeling. From feeling comes reaction. This is what keeps us in the cycle of birth and death. Our reactions to our feelings are our passport to rebirth.”

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