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August 3

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  1. 1941 CEBuddhist · born

    Robert A. F. Thurman, translator of Tibetan Buddhist texts and the first holder of an endowed chair in Buddhist studies in the West, was born.

  2. 1993 CEHindu · died

    Swami Chinmayananda, Vedanta teacher and founder of the Chinmaya Mission, died in San Diego on 3 August 1993.

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