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Tahir Shah

"Enlightenment, and the death which comes before it, is the primary business of Varanasi."

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"Enlightenment, and the death which comes before it, is the primary business of Varanasi."

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"There are no crash courses on 'enlightenment', you only crash in a course like that."

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"An enlightened man had but one duty - to seek the way to himself, to reach inner certainty, to grope his way forward, no matter where it led."

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"Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom."

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"Despite an ever increasing diversity when it comes to yoga brands, there are only four major paths in yoga and they have the same end goal; enlightenment. The end goal can be likened to the top of a pyramid. Even though people may start climbing the pyramid from different sides, at the end they will reach the same goal and thusly achieve unity."

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"Enlightenment is making friendship with the whole existence."

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"Follow the path that leads to understanding. Only then, will you illuminate the way for others. Once you open your mind and gain knowledge, truth, you'll leave the darkness and enter into the light of wisdom."

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"Don't you know Yet? It is your light that lights the World."

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"He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man."

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"If I could repeat it,people passing by would be enlightened and go free."

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"The day you discover the GOD within, your quest to meet GOD outside stops!!!"

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