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Suffering is essential for the elimination of the ego, just as it was necessary for you to scrub and scrub in order to wash the stain from my coat.

Meher Baba

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Meher Baba
Age: 74 †
Born: 1894
Born: February 25
Died: 1969
Died: January 31
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Poona
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Coat
Wash
Coats
Ego
Essential
Scrub
Essentials
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Necessary
Stains
Suffering
Elimination

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