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Compassion can shoulder the suffering of the entire world without feeling the slightest bit of pain.

Mata Amritanandamayi

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Mata Amritanandamayi
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 27
Guru
Religious Leader
Spiritual Leader
Suffering
Shoulder
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Feelings
Shoulders
Without
Entire
World
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Compassion
Bits
Feeling
Slightest

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