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Our highest, most important duty in this world is to help our fellow beings.

Mata Amritanandamayi

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Mata Amritanandamayi
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 27
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Don't get angry. Try not to speak roughly or use harsh words.
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Today, our air, food, water-all are polluted. If we do not stop exploiting nature for our temporary selfish gains, we will destroy the world.
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Look at Nature. Nature is a book from which we must learn. Each object in it is a page of that book.
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Death is not complete annihilation. It is a pause. It is like pressing the pause button on a tape recorder.
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There is the path of karma, selfless action, the path of love and devotion, the path of training the mind and the path of Yoga, mantra and tantra this is what the various saints advocated.
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Group chanting and prayer is very powerful. It can bring important changes.
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Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone.
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If we have some pet animals, we should feed them also before taking our food. Perceive God in every living being and feed them with that attitude.
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The relation between husband and wife should turn into a love of the heart untouched by desire.
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Lessen the quantity of unnecessary thoughts and allow more space for the energy of love to flow within you.
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We should learn to love everyone equally, because in essence we are all one, one Atman, one soul.
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If you are unable to meditate, chant your mantra or sing bhajans.
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Whatever binds us most, whatever is dearest to us, that is what we should offer the Lord. Doesn't a mother give her child whatever she thinks is the best?
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