“Realization of God cannot be achieved without ecstatic love for Him.”

—  Sarada Devi

[Swami Tapasyananda, Swami Nikhilananda, Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother; Life and Conversations, 290]

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Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna 1853–1920

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