By living in harmony with Nature one gains a healthy mind and body. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Pure love transcends the body. It is between hearts. It has nothing to do with bodies. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Any pleasure gained by means other than mental control weakens the body. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Just as food and sleep are necessary for the body, spiritual understanding is needed for a healthy mind. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
We give physical exercise to the body, but neglect the heart. The exercise for the heart is uplifting the destitute and the… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
The impermanent, which is the body, is given too much importance. The permanent, which is the Atman, is completely forgotten. This should… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Just as our bodies need proper food to live and develop, our souls need love to blossom. The strength and nourishment that… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
If japa is maintained, no useless talk during work will be possible. The mind will always remain peaceful. Modern day diseases are… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Try to spend at least 2 or 3 days every month in an ashram. Just breathing the pure air there will purify… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
The heart sends blood to every cell of the body, and in this way the cells are nourished. The same blood then… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Children, everyone should try to wake up before five in the morning. The ideal time for spiritual practices like meditation and chanting… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Remember to set apart at least one hour every day to do some service for others. While the food we eat nurtures… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Whatever action we are doing, we should be sure to keep the thought of God alive within. Whenever we sit or get up, we should prostrate in that place. It is good to cultivate the habit of considering our pen, books, clothes, vessels, and the tools of our job as imbued with divine presence and use them with care and… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share
The guru is not someone who is confined to the body. When there is selfless love for the guru, we will be… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
The ashram is Mother's body. Mother's soul is in Her children. Children, all the service done for the ashram, is done for… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Children, in the present dark age of materialism, chanting the mantra is the easiest way for us to obtain inner purification and… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Do not get up immediately at the end of the archana. The beloved deity should be brought from the seat in front… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
We should forgive and forget the faults of others. Anger is the enemy of every spiritual aspirant. Anger causes loss of power… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
If japa is maintained, no useless talk during work will be possible. The mind will always remain peaceful. Modern day diseases are mostly psychosomatic.… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
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;… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share
Money is not a problem, but unintelligent attachment to it is. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Many people meditate in order that a third eye may open. For that they feel they should close their two physical eyes. They thereby become blind to the world. But the fact is that the third eye will never open. We can never close our eyes to the world in the name of spirituality. Self-realization is the ability to see… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share
Today, society is sacrificing love, values and dharma in its pursuit of materialistic gains. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Being aware of the bondage is enough to free you from its clutches. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Learn to be thankful to everyone, to the entire creation, even to your enemy and also to those who insult, because they all help… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
In this universe it is Love that binds everything together. Love is the very foundation, beauty and fulfillment of life. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Love one another without any expectations. Then, there is no need to go anywhere in search of heaven. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
We are not isolated islands, we are connected links in a chain. Each kind word, each smiling face, each good action, benefits our neighbor, nation, world. Let us pray and meditate together and we shall reach the shore of peace, spreading the sweet holy fragrance of love and vibrations of unity and harmony. Tuning our minds to the supreme consciousness,… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share
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… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share
