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If you see deficiencies in others, your duty is to forgive instead of pointing at it.

Mata Amritanandamayi

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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Destroy Food Nature Selfish Temporary Water
Look carefully at what is of value in others and respect that.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Care Respect Value
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Hands Herself Right Wound
Our 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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Form God Heart Install Love Suffering Worship
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Empty Flower Hand Offering Surrender Symbol Temple
If you are unable to meditate, chant your mantra or sing bhajans.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Meditation Prayer Recite Yourself
Any pleasure gained by means other than mental control weakens the body.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Body Control Happiness Mental Weakness
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Attention Eat Focus God Ourselves Practice Spiritual Taste
Children should observe a regular schedule for sleeping and waking up.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Children Observation Sleep Wake Up
Unfortunately, the only meaning that society attributes to life today is an opportunity to make money.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Meaning Money Opportunity Society
Be content and happy with whatever comes to you.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Acceptance Happiness Life Yourself
The sun shines down, and its image reflects in a thousand different pots filled with water. The reflections are many, but they are each reflecting the same sun. Similarly, when we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Different Ourselves People Reflection Shine Sun
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Bliss Fragrance Happiness Ourselves Search Source
Grace is openness. By remaining open, you let go of your ego and narrow-minded views, and allow divine grace to express itself through you.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Divine Ego Expression Grace Let Go Open Remain Yourself
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Body Himself Learning Love See Teacher
First, the human mind should be harmonized, then the harmony of Nature will spontaneously take place.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Harmony Human Mindset Place

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