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When we free ourselves from name and form, especially from a body - when we need no body, good or bad - then only do we escape from bondage.

Swami Vivekananda

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Swami Vivekananda
Age: 39 †
Born: 1863
Born: January 12
Died: 1902
Died: July 4
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