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Our highest, most important duty in this world is to help our fellow beings.

Mata Amritanandamayi

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
If we are not able to fix the Lord firmly in our hearts, even a lifetime of temple-going does not do us any good.
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God Goodness Heart Life Time
“Is God a Man or a Woman ?” The answer to this question is neither God is That. But if you must give God a gender, God is more female than male, for he is contained in She.
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Gender God Man Question Woman
Animals too experience sorrow, love, anger and other emotions.
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Anger Animal Emotion Experience Love Sorrow
Our educational system needs to give equal importance to the intellect and the heart.
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Education Equality Heart Importance Intellectual Need System
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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Human People Poverty Starve
What we need is peace of mind. We can gain that only through the control of our mind.
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Control Mindset Ourselves Peace
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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Hands Herself Right Wound
If we keep holding on to God, there is nothing to fear.
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Fear God Hold
Any action done with the right attitude, understanding and discrimination will take you closer to liberation. If however, the same action is done without the right attitude, it will bind you.
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Action Attitude Discrimination Right Understand Yourself
Today, society is sacrificing love, values and dharma in its pursuit of materialistic gains.
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Material Pursuit Sacrifice Society Value
Each and every living being in nature is part of God’s body.
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Animal Body God Live Nature
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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Empty Flower Hand Offering Surrender Symbol Temple
God is standing at the door of every heart. Call Him. He is waiting to come in.
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God Heart Himself Stand
Happiness is within everyone, but we are not able to experience it because of our ego’s likes and dislikes.
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Ego Experience Happiness Ourselves
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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Accuracy Face Intelligence Life Meditation Mental Strength Treasure
In today’s world, human beings are dying and human machines are taking birth.
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Death Human Machine World
Don’t get angry. Try not to speak roughly or use harsh words.
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Angry Rough Word
The language of love is the language of humility or humbleness.
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Humble Humility Language Love
Our compassion and acts of selflessness take us to the deeper truths.
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Act Compassion Selfish Truth
Just as food and sleep are necessary for the body, spiritual understanding is needed for a healthy mind.
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Body Food Health Mindset Necessary Sleep Spiritual
May your thoughts, words and actions arise from love.
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Action Love Thinking Word Yourself
When people live in accordance with Nature, the song of life becomes sweet.
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Life Live Nature People Sweet
First, the human mind should be harmonized, then the harmony of Nature will spontaneously take place.
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Harmony Human Mindset Place
Thinking that God wants something from us is like showing a candle to the sun.
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God Religious Sun Thinking
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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Compassion Heart Life Place Spiritual
We give physical exercise to the body, but neglect the heart. The exercise for the heart is uplifting the destitute and the suffering.
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Body Exercise Heart Suffering

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