“This life that has been given to us as a gift, as such a precious gift. To really try to understand it, really try to recognize it, is to me the greatest meditation. Through the media of this Knowledge we can tap into our inner sources that are so beautiful.”

—  Prem Rawat

Denver, Colorado, February 19, 1977
1970s

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