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S. N. Goenka with Mataji
S. N. Goenka with Mataji

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Variants. When Goenkaji answered the same question differently on different occasions, each answer is kept and marked “Variant N of M”. Near-identical repeats of one answer are combined, with the other occasion listed under “Also published in”.
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