One should see any opportunity to serve as a rare and precious gift, and never waste such an opportunity.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYICouples should abstain from sexual relations at least 2 or 3 days a week. Gradually try to reach a stage of celibacy most days.
More Mata Amritanandamayi Quotes
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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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Too much reasoning has spoiled the contemporary mind. People have lost their hearts and faith.
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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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Most people are concerned only with what they can get from the world, but it is what we are able to give to others that determines the quality of our life.
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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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God is standing at the door of every heart. Call Him. He is waiting to come in.
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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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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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We should try our best to relieve the suffering of others in whatever way we can.
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Spiritual love is without limits or boundaries. Worldly love is superficial and fluctuating.
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Just as the right hand comes to dress the wound on the left hand, we should see another person’s sorrows as our own and come to his or her aid.
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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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Our attitude should be: Whatever happens I will remain strong, courageous and happy.
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First, the human mind should be harmonized, then the harmony of Nature will spontaneously take place.
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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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