Children, we are told to make an offering at the temple or at the feet of the guru, not because the Lord or guru is in need of wealth or anything else. Real offering is the act of surrendering the mind and the intellect. How can it be done? We cannot offer our minds as they are, but only the things to which our minds are attached. Today our minds are greatly attached to money and other worldly things. By placing such thoughts at the feet of the Lord, we are offering Him our heart. This is the principle behind giving charities.
Mata AmritanandamayiTraveling by bus, we see many things on the way and just let them pass by. Watch the thoughts of your minds in the same way.
Mata AmritanandamayiAt the end of the archana, prostrate, then get up and, remaining on the same spot, turn around clockwise 3 times just as if circling a temple, then bow to the Lord.
Mata AmritanandamayiOur efforts to remove hatred and indifference from the world begin by trying to remove them from our own mind.
Mata Amritanandamayi