Maurizio Benazzo grew up in Italy and in 1984 came to the United States on the Leudo Felice Manin a 98yearold Lateen sailboat He started working as an actor model and filmmaker but his thirst for knowledge was only satisfied in 2001 upon encountering I Am That the seminal work by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj while he was in India shooting the awardwinning documentary Short Cut to Nirvana
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