If the fruit is green it will not fall to the ground even if you beat it with a sharp stick. When it is ripe it falls of its own accord in the silence of the night.
If the fruit is green it will ...
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God is the mother and father of the world. Our parents are the mother and father of this body.
If you honour your mother, the Mother of the Universe will guard you against harm.
Have a sense of pride in your motherland. Just as your mother has given birth to you, so too the land has given birth to you.
The mother must set the example in holding out the shrine as the heart of the house hold! She must enforce discipline over the children in personal cleanliness in humility and hospitality, in good manners and acts of service.
Women are concerned about the purity and welfare of the community. ? While the father's love was related to mundane desires, the mother's love was related to spiritual concerns.