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Mata Amritanandamayi

Love is our true essence. Love has no limitations of caste, religion, race, or nationality. We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love. To awaken this unity-and to spread to others the love that is our inherent nature-is the true goal of human life.
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Essence Goal Human Life Limitation Love Nature Togetherness True
Human beings are born to experience pure love, and they never get it. They are searching to experience it from birth until death.
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Born Experience Human Love Purity Search
People think that God wants our offerings. God does not need anything from us. He is the giver. He is like the sun – the giver of light.
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God Light Offering People Sun Thinking
The first step in spiritual life is to have compassion. A person who is kind and loving never needs to go searching for God. God rushes toward any heart that beats with compassion-it is God’s favorite place.
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Compassion Heart Life Place Spiritual
If we let go of our likes and dislikes, we will become fit vessels to receive the God’s ever flowing grace.
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Flow God Grace Let Go
We should try our best to relieve the suffering of others in whatever way we can.
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Best Ourselves Suffering Try
What makes Amma happy, is to see her children helping others to feel happy.
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Children Happiness Herself Mom See
Only when human beings are able to perceive and acknowledge the Self in each other can there be real peace.
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Each Other Human Peace Reality
If we are not able to fix the Lord firmly in our hearts, even a lifetime of temple-going does not do us any good.
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God Goodness Heart Life Time
A seed has to get buried in the soil for its real form as a plant to emerge. Only through modesty and humility can we grow. Pride and conceit will only destroy us. Live with the firm attitude, ‘I am everyone’s servant.’ Then the whole universe will bow down to us.
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Attitude Bow Bury Destroy Emerge Form Ourselves Reality Universe
Understand this great truth: The happiness that comes from the pleasures of the world is but a minute reflection of the infinite bliss that comes from within your own Self.
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Greatness Happiness Infinite Ourselves Reflection Truth Understand
As you perform good actions selflessly, true love will blossom, which will purify our emotional mind.
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Emotional Goodness Mindset Performance Purify
The greatest tragedy in life is not death; the greatest tragedy takes place when our talents and capabilities are underutilized and allowed to rust while we are living.
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Allow Death Greatness Life Live Place Tragedy
A musk deer searches for the source of the fragrance of musk, but it won’t find it because the fragrance comes from within itself. Bliss is not to be found outside of us; it exists within us.
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Bliss Fragrance Happiness Ourselves Search Source
One who goes after the taste of the tongue does not get to know the taste of the heart.
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Choice Heart Taste
In most cases, worldly love ends in hatred and deep sorrow.
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End Hate Love Sorrow World

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