“Only if men could see that they have nothing to do, nothing to claim, nothing to achieve in this already complete and blissful creation, they would begin to enjoy and also fulfil the purpose.”

Good Company. The Study Society. 2009

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Hindu spiritual teacher 1934–2005

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