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The real mistake humans have committed lays in the inability to differentiate between requirements and luxuries.

Mata Amritanandamayi

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Mata Amritanandamayi
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 27
Guru
Religious Leader
Spiritual Leader
Humans
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Inability
Luxury
Lays
Committed
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Luxuries

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