Don’t get angry. Try not to speak roughly or use harsh words.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIOur hearts are the shrine; that is where God should be installed. Our good thoughts are the flowers to worship Him. Good deeds form the worship, good words form the hymns and love forms the offering.
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The indicator of true knowledge is the ability to differentiate what uplifts us from what pulls us down.
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Every night, contemplate: What good did I do today? How can I do better tomorrow?
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Our educational system needs to give equal importance to the intellect and the heart.
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Parents need to nourish spiritual values in their children from a very young age.
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Love is the only medicine that can heal the wounds of the world.
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Make a firm decision: ‘Whatever happens, I will be happy. I will be strong. God is always with me.’
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The impermanent, which is the body, is given too much importance. The permanent, which is the Atman, is completely forgotten. This should change.
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Love is our true nature. When we do not express love in our words and actions it is like honey hidden in a rock.
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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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Loving words and deeds are the best alms.
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Our circumstances will continually change. It is out of our control. It is more important to change our attitude, which we have control of.
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A person’s destiny can be changed through the power of a saint.
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Only when human beings are able to perceive and acknowledge the Self in each other can there be real peace.
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Controlling the mind is the way to attain internal harmony.
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Pure love makes you feel as light as a flower. You won’t feel any heaviness or burden. Ego creates the burden.
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The more intellectual you are, the more egoistic you are, and surrendering becomes more difficult.
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Keep a constant awareness and a conscious effort to say good words, perform good actions, and to practice patience and compassion.
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First, the human mind should be harmonized, then the harmony of Nature will spontaneously take place.
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We live in a calculative world and have a calculative mind, and in such a world, ego dominates.
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We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love.
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If you have patience, then you’ll also have love. Patience leads to love.
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Spirituality, as expounded by the great saints and sages of the past, is a very broad path. It accommodates all types of belief systems. You need to satisfy everyone.
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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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Before death overpowers us, we have great things to accomplish by performing right actions.
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The intellect always cuts and divides like a pair of scissors. The heart sews things together and unites like a needle. The tailor uses both.
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There are thousands ready to die for their religion, but only are few willing to live by its principles. Because of their narrow vision and envy, they have missed the true essence and message of religion which is love and compassion.
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