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When humanity serves Nature, Nature serves humanity. When we serve animals and plants, they too serve us in return.

Mata Amritanandamayi

Do no talk while eating.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Eat One Liner Talk
The factor stringing together individuals, society and nature is missing from today’s educational system. That factor is spiritual values.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Education Factor Society System Togetherness Value
If we approach Nature with , it will serve us as our best friend, a friend that won’t let us down.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Best Friendship Nature Ourselves Service
Pure love transcends the body. It is between hearts. It has nothing to do with bodies.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Body Heart Love Purity Transcendence
Unfortunately, the only meaning that society attributes to life today is an opportunity to make money.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Meaning Money Opportunity Society
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
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
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
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
Loving words and deeds are the best alms.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Love Offering Word
Look at Nature. Nature is a book from which we must learn. Each object in it is a page of that book.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Book Learning Nature Object Page
Compassion can shoulder the suffering of the entire world without feeling the slightest bit of pain.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Compassion Feeling Pain Suffering
Our compassion and acts of selflessness take us to the deeper truths.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Act Compassion Selfish Truth
Due to our preconceptions regarding education, we fail to inquire into the most obvious and wondrous field of study – ourselves.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Education Ourselves Study Wonder
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Human People Poverty Starve
Controlling the mind is the way to attain internal harmony.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Control Harmony Mindset

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