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Try to make others happy, and don't despair over all the evil in the world. Instead of cursing the dark, let us each light one small lamp.

Mata Amritanandamayi

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Mata Amritanandamayi
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 27
Guru
Religious Leader
Spiritual Leader
Make
Small
World
Dark
Happy
Evil
Cursing
Spiritual
Lamp
Others
Lamps
Light
Despair
Trying
Instead

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