If I am a Pariah, I will be all the more glad, for I am the disciple o…

Swami Vivekananda
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If I am a Pariah, I will be all the more glad, for I am the disciple of a man, who - the Brahmin of Brahmins - wanted to cleanse the house of a Pariah. (here the man means Ramakrishna)
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If I am a Pariah, I will be all the more glad, for I am the disciple of a man, who - the Brahmin of Brahmins - wanted to cleanse the house of a Pariah. (here the man means Ramakrishna)

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