Source: Isle of the Dead (1969), Chapter 1 (pp. 29-30)
“He only is wise who devotes himself to realizing, not reading only, the ancient revelations.”
Source: Autobiography of a Yogi (1946), Ch. 35 : The Christlike Life of Lahiri Mahasaya
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