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Food should be consumed while chanting your mantra inwardly. This will purify the food and the mind at the same time.

Mata Amritanandamayi

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Mata Amritanandamayi
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 27
Guru
Religious Leader
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Purify
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Mantra
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Mantras
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