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Dâna, charity. There is no higher virtue than charity. The lowest man is he whose hand draws in, in receiving; and he is the highest man whose hand goes out in giving. The hand was made to give always. Give the last bit of bread you have even if you are starving. You will be free in a moment if you starve yourself to death by giving to another. Immediately you will be perfect, you will become God.

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Man as Atman is really free; as man he is bound, changed by every physical condition.

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Religion in India must be made as free and as easy of access as is God's air.

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Man's free agency is not of the mind, for that is bound. There is no freedom there.

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So long as there is desire or want, it is a sure sign that there is imperfection. A perfect, free being cannot have any desire.

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To be more free is the goal of all our efforts, for only in perfect freedom can there be perfection.

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Morality is the struggle of the bound will to get free and is the proof that we have come from perfection....

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We want to know in order to make ourselves free. That is our life: one universal cry for freedom.

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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.

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We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.

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The more you think of yourself as shining immortal spirit, the more eager you will be to be absolutely free of matter, body, and senses. This is the intense desire to be free.

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