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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.

— Ramakrishna

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Source: in: Bible Review, Volume 13, Esoteric Publishing Company, 1915, p. 36
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