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   6. "Do you know the significance of Japa and other spiritual practices? By these, the power of the sense-organs is subdued
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   7. A devotee took a tiny banyan seed and said to Mother, "Look, Mother, it is tinier even than the tiniest seed we know. From this will spring a giant tree! How strange!" "Indeed, it will," Mother replied. "See what a tiny seed is the Name of God. From it in time come divine moods, devotion, love, and spiritual consummation."
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   8. "Just see the power of habit. By the law of habit man attains realization by continuous practice of Japa."
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   9. A devotee asked her, "Mother, what is the secret?" She pointed to a small timepiece in a niche and said, "As


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