Pray: O Lord, make my eyes see only the good in everyone.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIDue to our preconceptions regarding education, we fail to inquire into the most obvious and wondrous field of study – ourselves.
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Our highest, most important duty in this world is to help our fellow beings.
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While eating, our attention should not be focused just on the taste. Imagine our chosen deity or guru is present within us and that we are feeding Him. This will turn eating into a spiritual practice.
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If you are unable to meditate, chant your mantra or sing bhajans.
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Nowadays everybody wants to become a leader. No one wants to become a servant. In reality, the world is badly in need of servants, not leaders. A real servant is a real leader.
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Any pleasure gained by means other than mental control weakens the body.
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We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love.
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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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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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One who goes after the taste of the tongue does not get to know the taste of the heart.
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Traveling by bus, we see many things on the way and just let them pass by. Watch the thoughts of your minds in the same way.
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Whatever you see, hear or experience in the world is ephemeral. Get in touch with the eternal substratum of everything.
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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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To awaken spiritual unity, and to spread to others the love that is our inherent nature, is the true goal of human life.
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Don’t be discouraged by your incapacity to dispel darkness from the world. Light your little candle and step forward.
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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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