605. Om go-matre namah: I bow down to Amma who became Surabhi, the cow that grants all wishes.
As I sit on a cusp of another new day, I offer my gratitude to You, Amma, for allowing me the wish of a new dawn. And everyday is a celebration of this gifted life! A beautiful quote by Amma:
"It is not good to run away from life. That is cowardice. A person who runs away from life is not fit to be a spiritual seeker. That is why Krishna did not let Arjuna run away from the battlefield. Life is a battle. It is not something to be avoided. Furthermore, you cannot avoid it. What will you do to avoid it? You may run to the Himalayas, or to a forest, or to an Ashram in order to escape from life. But life will follow you there as well. Just as you cannot run away from death, you cannot run away from life. Wherever you go, death follows. Wherever you go, life also follows. You cannot avoid either; you can only transcend them."
May we only know how to celebrate life because we are blessed with a guru like Amma!
Om Amriteswariye namah!
As I sit on a cusp of another new day, I offer my gratitude to You, Amma, for allowing me the wish of a new dawn. And everyday is a celebration of this gifted life! A beautiful quote by Amma:
"It is not good to run away from life. That is cowardice. A person who runs away from life is not fit to be a spiritual seeker. That is why Krishna did not let Arjuna run away from the battlefield. Life is a battle. It is not something to be avoided. Furthermore, you cannot avoid it. What will you do to avoid it? You may run to the Himalayas, or to a forest, or to an Ashram in order to escape from life. But life will follow you there as well. Just as you cannot run away from death, you cannot run away from life. Wherever you go, death follows. Wherever you go, life also follows. You cannot avoid either; you can only transcend them."
May we only know how to celebrate life because we are blessed with a guru like Amma!
Om Amriteswariye namah!
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