To be a consumer is the most primitive level of being. It is to be a mouth, an eater, a devourer of things. To discover the truth of who we are, we must discard the consumer mentality and reclaim our spiritual dignity.

—David Frawley

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About David Frawley

Portrait of David Frawley

David Frawley (born September 21, 1950) is an American Hindutva activist and a teacher of Hinduism.

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