Pure love transcends the body. It is between hearts. It has nothing to do with bodies.
Mata AmritanandamayiOur educational system needs to give equal importance to the intellect and the heart.
Mata AmritanandamayiChildren, not a grain of the food we eat is made purely by our own effort. What comes to us in the form of food is the work of others, the bounty of Nature and God's compassion. Even if we have millions of dollars, we still need food to satisfy our hunger. Can we eat dollars? Therefore, never eat anything without first praying with humility.
Mata AmritanandamayiMental purity will come through constant chanting of the divine name. This is the simplest way. You are trying to cross the ocean of transmigration, the cycle of birth and death. The mantra is the oar of the boat; it is the instrument you use to cross the samsara of your restless mind, with its unending thought waves. The mantra can also be compared to a ladder that you climb to reach the heights of God realization.
Mata AmritanandamayiJust as the right hand comes to dress the wound on the left hand, we should see another person's sorrows as our own and come to his or her aid.
Mata AmritanandamayiWhen thoughts are reduced, power of the mind and its subtlety increases, tunes with the Universe. Then you can see the realms beyond the common understanding. When the mind is pure and quiet it becomes one with the universal mind. That mind is like a mirror. The secrets of the Universe will be revealed there.
Mata Amritanandamayi