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(2) Those whose actions show them to be self-realized are often described as mahatmas or great selves.

(3) I am only repeating what saints and mahatmas have said in the past.

(4) There have been great saints and mahatmas in the past, who replied thus even to emperors and monarchs.

(5) India is the birthplace of Hinduism as well as Buddhism, motherland of Sikhs and Jains, the abode of more rishis, sadhus, mahatmas , and maharishis than any place on earth.