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> [Sri Yukteswar used to poke gentle fun at the commonly inadequate conceptions of renunciation."A beggar cannot renounce wealth," Master would say. "If a man laments: 'My business has failed; my wife has left me; I will renounce all and enter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/sri-yukteswar-used-to-poke-gentle-fun-at-the-commonly-inadequate/)

[Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/)

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