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Children are not vessels to be filled but lamps to be lit.

Chinmayananda Saraswati

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Chinmayananda Saraswati
Age: 77 †
Born: 1916
Born: May 8
Died: 1993
Died: August 3
Guru
Spiritual Leader
Keralam
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Vessel
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Children
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