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Realization of God cannot be achieved without ecstatic love for Him.

Sarada Devi

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Sarada Devi
Age: 66 †
Born: 1853
Born: December 22
Died: 1920
Died: July 20
Biographer
Philosopher
Śāradā Devī
Without
Love
Ecstatic
Achieved
Realization
Cannot

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Why do people argue? Even the wisest of men have not found God through argument! Is God a subject for argument?
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He who thinks always of the Lord, which way can evil come to him?
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