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Religion of your upbringing is like a cloak - you must know how it is made in order to take it off.

— Baba Hari Dass The Yellow Book (1974)

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Just like pure water poured in a dirty cup becomes dirty, similarly the pure ego rooted in the impure mind becomes impure ego.

The Path to Enlightenment is not a Highway (1996)

Work honestly, meditate every day, meet people without fear, and play.

Ashtanga Yoga Primer (1981)

The ego has no form and no particular center of existence. It pervades the mind, intellect, senses, and the body as 'I am'.

The Path to Enlightenment is not a Highway (1996)

The Self is beyond birth, death, gender, class, and religion - only the body wears those labels.

Fire without Fuel - The Aphorisms of Baba Hari Dass (1986)

Creation is the product of bliss, and bliss is its sustainer; to bliss it returns.

Fire without Fuel - The Aphorisms of Baba Hari Dass (1986)

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