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Self-realization may be and sometimes is attained even by people who are struggling with sick and otherwise imperfect bodies but it cannot be attained unless one can concentrate and meditate uninterruptedly upon God.
Paramahansa Yogananda
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Age: 59 †
Born: 1893
Born: January 5
Died: 1952
Died: March 7
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