... goal of a sannyasin is to quietly concentrate on the practices that will help him reach enlightenment and allow him to be released from samsara, the cycle of life, death and rebirth; consequently creating cosmic consciousness, or oneness with the universe, known in Sanskrit as Sat-Chit-Ananda. If I were to characterize my own beliefs, I would have to say that I am Jewish ... ...

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