"Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of: Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, Dharma and the full fledged devotion t...
You must worship the Self in Krishna, not Krishna as Krishna.
~ Swami Vivekananda ~
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You must worship the Self in Krishna, not Krishna as Krishna.
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