Mata Amritanandamayi Quotes

Real success is gaining the ability to face situations in life with maturity.

In today's world, people experience two types of poverty: the poverty caused by lack of food, clothing and shelter, and the poverty caused by lack of love and compassion. Of these two, the second type needs to be considered first because if we have love and compassion in our hearts, then we will wholeheartedly serve those who suffer from lack of food, clothing and shelter.

When you get up in the morning, let your first thought be directed towards God.

Fundamentally, what everyone needs is mental strength and confidence, to manage the mind, just as we manage the outside world.

Every night, contemplate: What good did I do today? How can I do better tomorrow?

We human beings are born in ego, live in ego, are brought up in ego and will die in ego. We need a certain degree 0f vision when we live in this world for achieving and attaining our goals in life.

Pure love makes you feel as light as a flower. You won't feel any heaviness or burden. Ego creates the burden.

God realization and self-realization are one and the same. God-realization is nothing but the ability and expansiveness of heart to love everything equally.

Do your actions in the world, without forgetting that your find goal in life is to break free from all bondage and limitations. Always 'remember that you have a higher goal to attain.

As far as possible, everyone in the family should eat together.

For a true disciple, the repetition of the mantra is like food.

Isn't it human beings who impart vitality to the image in the temple? If no one sculpts the stone, it doesn't become an image. If no one installs it in the temple, it does not acquire any sanctity. If no worship is done, it does not acquire any power. Without human effort there cannot be any temples. What is wrong then in saying that we should view great masters as equal to God? Temples installed by such spiritual masters have a special energy of their own.

The sun shines down, and its image reflects in a thousand different pots filled with water. The reflections are many, but they are each reflecting the same sun. Similarly, when we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.

Look at the optimism of Nature. Nothing can stop it. Only the ego makes humans pessimistic, and this causes suffering.

Contribute to charitable projects like the printing of spiritual books so that they can be sold at a lower price. Poor people will then be able to buy and read them. In this way we can help to cultivate spiritual culture in them also.

Today, society is sacrificing love, values and dharma in its pursuit of materialistic gains.

Up to the age of five, children should be given a lot of love. From the age of five to fifteen they should be brought up under strict discipline especially regarding their study. It is at that time that life's foundation is formed. Love without discipline will only spoil them. Above the age of fifteen children should be given maximum love otherwise they may go astray.

Each and every object in Nature teaches us something. Renunciation and selflessness are the greatest lessons to learn from Nature.

It is a good practice to write at least on page of mantra daily. Many people get better concentration by writing than by chanting. Try also to inculcate in children the habit of chanting and neatly writing the mantra. This will help to improve their handwriting, too. The book in which the mantra is written should not be thrown around; it should be carefully kept in our meditation or shrine room.

Whatever is associated with the mind is bound to change. The truth is that which is changeless. It is the Self.

As you perform good actions selflessly, true love will blossom, which will purify our emotional mind.

Unfortunately, the only meaning that society attributes to life today is an opportunity to make money.

Our compassion and acts of selflessness take us to the deeper truths.

Loving words and deeds are the best alms.

Look at Nature. Nature is a book from which we must learn. Each object in it is a page of that book.

Compassion can shoulder the suffering of the entire world without feeling the slightest bit of pain.

Ashrams and gurukulas (spiritual schools) are the pillars of spiritual culture. If we perform sadhana according to the guru's advice, we need not go anywhere else. We will get whatever we need from the guru.

Our educational system needs to give equal importance to the intellect and the heart.

Many of us may have watched the waves at sea. They rise, then fall, then rise again, then fall again... and this cycle continues endlessly. It is the same with our experience of the world and its objects and relationships. We may find happiness, but this happiness will soon turn to sorrow. The sorrow that we feel will subsequently turn back to happiness but this oscillation continues endlessly. In order to maintain inner balance, we need to find peace within instead of depending on the external world.

Children, everyone should try to wake up before five in the morning. The ideal time for spiritual practices like meditation and chanting is Brahma Muhurta. During this period, sattvic qualities are predominant in nature. Moreover, the mind will be clear and body energetic.

Married life, if lived with the proper love and understanding, helps awaken the feminine within a man, and the masculine within a woman.

We should serve others without any expectations whatsoever. When others throw thorns at us, we should be able to throw flowers back at them.

If the desires are not controlled now, later they will control you.

Happiness is within everyone, but we are not able to experience it because of our ego's likes and dislikes.

The indicator of true knowledge is the ability to differentiate what uplifts us from what pulls us down.

Make a firm decision: 'Whatever happens, I will be happy. I will be strong. God is always with me.'

Just beneath the surface of all experiences in life is God's, or the Guru's, compassionate face.

Spirituality, as expounded by the great saints and sages of the past, is a very broad path. It accommodates all types of belief systems. You need to satisfy everyone.

Just 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.

When one has truly imbibed spiritual qualities, they will spontaneously be reflected in one's thoughts and actions.

It is my children who have made all this possible. My children are my wealth; they are my strength.

The factor stringing together individuals, society and nature is missing from today's educational system. That factor is spiritual values.

Try to spend at least 2 or 3 days every month in an ashram. Just breathing the pure air there will purify and strengthen our bodies and minds. Like recharging the batteries, even after returning home we will be able to continue our meditation and japa.

Peace is not just the absence of war and conflict; it goes well beyond that. Peace must be fostered within the individual, within the family and within society. Simply transferring the world's nuclear weapons to a museum will not in itself bring about world peace. The nuclear weapons of the mind must first be eliminated.

Children, we can grow spiritually only if we see the guru as the manifestation of God. We should not accept anyone as guru before we are fully convinced personally that he is authentic and truthful. Once we choose someone as guru, we should surrender completely to him. Only then will spiritual development be possible. Devotion to the guru means total surrender to him.

Try not to have any break in chanting the mantra even for a moment. Continue repeating the mantra while engaged in any task. Chanting in the mind may not always be possible at first, so in the beginning, practice japa by moving the lips incessantly-like a fish drinking water.

Most human beings know only the language of exploitation. Due to their selfishness, they are unable to consider others.

A true spiritual seeker should exercise control all the time, throughout the day and night.