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When I read the Upanishads, I found a profundity of world view that made my Christianity seem like third grade.

— Huston Smith

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Quoted and attributed in Londhe, S. (2008). A tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture p 55

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