Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes

When you're desireless you are happy because you are never disappointed, you are never nervous. So to be desireless doesn't mean that you become something absurd or ascetic or anything like that, but not to expect something.

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• When you're desireless you are happy because you are never disappointed, you are never nervous. So to be desireless doesn't mean that you become something absurd or ascetic or anything like that, but not to expect something.

  

  Nirmala Srivastava
  • Happy
  • Expect
  • Absurd