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Larchfire: Photography from India, Nepal and Tibet, plus quotations primarily from traditions in Yoga and Buddhism

Even liberation is not an occasion for glorification. That is your Real Nature. In fact you have not gained anything at all. All that you say is “What a fool I was! I never knew my own nature.” —Shankara, <i> Vivekachoodamani </i>
<i> L2066 sadhu, Allahabad, color </i>

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Even liberation is not an occasion for glorification. That is your Real Nature. In fact you have not gained anything at all. All that you say is “What a fool I was! I never knew my own nature.” —Shankara, Vivekachoodamani L2066 sadhu, Allahabad, color

sadhu holy Allahabad Shankara Vivekachoodamani