Some would call you a saint, some a chandala; some a lunatic, others a…

Swami Vivekananda
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Some would call you a saint, some a chandala; some a lunatic, others a demon. Go on then straight to thy work without heeding either - thus saith one of our great Sannyasins, an old emperor of India, King Bhartrihari, who joined the order in old times. ✨ Swami Vivekananda (2015). Swami Vivekananda on Himself, p.152, Advaita Ashrama
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