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Mother Nature is always speaking. She speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of the sincere observer. Leopards, cobras, monkeys, rivers and trees they all served as my teachers when I lived as a wanderer in the Himalayan foothills.

Radhanath Swami

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Radhanath Swami
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: December 7
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