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“Nirvana means to extinguish the burning fires of the Three Poisons: greed, anger, and ignorance. This can be accomplished by letting go of dissatisfaction.” quote by Shinjo Ito — Download Open image

“Nirvana means to extinguish the burning fires of the Three Poisons: greed, anger, and ignorance. This can be accomplished by letting go of dissatisfaction.”

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Accomplished Burning Burning fire Can-t-let-go Dissatisfaction Fire Greed Ignorance Letting go Letting go and moving on Letting go of anger Mean Moving Moving on Poison Three

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