“Love is a consistent passion to give, not a meek persistent hope to receive. The only demand of life is the privilege to love all.”

— Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

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Indian spiritual teacher 1916–1993

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