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Seek spiritual riches within. What you are is much greater than anyone or anything else you have ever yearned for.

Paramahansa Yogananda

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Paramahansa Yogananda
Age: 59 †
Born: 1893
Born: January 5
Died: 1952
Died: March 7
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Guru
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Yogi
Paramahamsa Yogananda
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