As far as possible, everyone in the family should eat together. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Children, we should always eat our food sitting down. Do not eat standing or walking around. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
One who goes after the taste of the tongue does not get to know the taste of the heart. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
If we have some pet animals, we should feed them also before taking our food. Perceive God in every living being and… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Food should be consumed while chanting your mantra inwardly. This will purify the food and the mind at the same time. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Children, not a grain of the food we eat is made purely by our own effort. What comes to us in the… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
After praying, and before eating anything, it is a good custom for everyone to feed one another a small portion of the… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
While eating, our attention should not be focused just on the taste. Imagine our chosen deity or guru is present within us… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
The mental disposition of the one who prepares the food is transmitted to all those who consume it. Therefore, as far as… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Children, we cannot control our mind without controlling our desire for taste. The health aspect, not the taste, should be the prime… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Do not use intoxicants of any sort. We who should be serving the world should not ruin our health by smoking and… — 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
