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 - an [[open letter]].
 
+Thank you, [[Buddha]], for being in our past -- which became our present.
+
 Thank you, [[Maitreya]], for being in our future -- which is potentially our present.
 
 Thank you for the [[light]] of your [[consciousness]]. Thank you for the [[Bodhi]].