Know Yourself, Forget Yourself

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The poem on page 124, “Walking” by Nagarjuna, translated by Stephen Batch- elor, from Verses from the Center by Stephen Batchelor, copyright © 2000 by Stephen Batchelor. Used by permission of Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lesser, Marc, date.

Know yourself, forget yourself : five truths to transform your work, relationships, and everyday life / Marc Lesser.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-60868-081-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-60868-082-5 (ebook)

1. Self-realization. 2. Success. I. Title.

BF637.S4L468 2013

650.1—dc23 2012043574

First printing, February 2013

ISBN 978-1-60868-081-8

Printed in Canada on 100% postconsumer-waste recycled paper

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