The factor stringing together individuals, society and nature is missing from today’s educational system. That factor is spiritual values.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIThere 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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When we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.
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In today’s world, human beings are dying and human machines are taking birth.
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Don’t go empty handed when going to a temple or to see a spiritual master. Offer something as a symbol of surrender, even if it be a mere flower.
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Meditation increases our vitality and strengthens our intelligence. Our beauty is enhanced and our mental accuracy and health are improved. We gain the mental fortitude and patience to face life’s problems. Meditate! Only through meditation can we find the treasure we’re looking for.
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The guru is not someone who is confined to the body. When there is selfless love for the guru, we will be able to see him not only in his body but in every living and nonliving thing in this world. Learn to see everything as the guru’s body and to serve them accordingly.
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Talking high philosophy often confuses people, but a look from an egoless person can lift the clouds of pain and despair.
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If we keep holding on to God, there is nothing to fear.
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Our efforts to remove hatred and indifference from the world begin by trying to remove them from our own mind.
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True happiness is when the love that is within us finds expression in external activities.
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One should see any opportunity to serve as a rare and precious gift, and never waste such an opportunity.
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There are millions and millions of people who are thrown in the midst of poverty and starvation. Animals don’t die of starvation, only human beings.
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In God’s vision, no inside or outside exists. Still, in the beginning, Mother is asking all to meditate on Him in the heart, in order to achieve concentration.
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Free from attachments to the past and worries about the future, a child expresses him/herself fully.
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Any pleasure gained by means other than mental control weakens the body.
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Children, we should simplify our life’s needs and use the resulting savings for charity.
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Each and every object in Nature teaches us something. Renunciation and selflessness are the greatest lessons to learn from Nature.
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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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God is standing at the door of every heart. Call Him. He is waiting to come in.
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Married life, if lived with the proper love and understanding, helps awaken the feminine within a man, and the masculine within a woman.
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While carrying responsibilities, never forget to smile.
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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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Don’t get angry. Try not to speak roughly or use harsh words.
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Before death overpowers us, we have great things to accomplish by performing right actions.
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Look at Nature. Nature is a book from which we must learn. Each object in it is a page of that book.
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Consoling a miserable soul, wiping the tears of a crying person is greater than any worldly achievement.
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The more intellectual you are, the more egoistic you are, and surrendering becomes more difficult.
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