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![“If you meet a ‘Gnani’ (a Self-realized One), then you simply have to understand [what He says], whereas if you meet a renunciate, then the entire point is of 'doing'; you have to 'do' what he shows you to 'do'. Everything that you have to 'do' is [considered as] worldly life.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/dada-bhagwan-31_life_if-you-meet-a-gnani-a-self-realized-one_918470.jpg)
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