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“Devotion to your goal makes you live a clean and orderly life , given to search for truthand to helping people, and realization makes noble virtue easy and spontaneous, by removing for good the obstacles in the shape of desires and fears and wrong ideas .”

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Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj was an Indian philosopher known for his profound insights into existence and self-awareness. His philosophy emphasizes the importance of direct experience and inner perception, profoundly influencing many seekers of spiritual awakening. more

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