If you are unable to meditate, chant your mantra or sing bhajans. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
If the desires are not controlled now, later they will control you. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Ashrams and gurukulas (spiritual schools) are the pillars of spiritual culture. If we perform sadhana according to the guru's advice, we need… — 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
Any action done with the right attitude, understanding and discrimination will take you closer to liberation. If however, the same action is… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Children, we should consider every name as the name of our beloved deity. Imagine that He is the one that appears in… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
If you perform your work viewing it as your dharma, your actions become sacred. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
What meaning do our lives have if we cannot set aside at least one hour a day out of 24 for thinking… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
If you have patience, then you'll also have love. Patience leads to love. If you forcefully open the petals of a bud,… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Life is like a garden. Quite naturally, leaves wither and flowers fade. Only if we clear the decay of the past then… — 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
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 the goal is to realize the Supreme Being, you should become egoless. That requires self-effort. The sadhak should work hard. He… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Children, if we can do archana of the 1000 Names of the Divine Mother daily with devotion, we will grow spiritually. There… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Children, we can grow spiritually only if we see the guru as the manifestation of God. We should not accept anyone as… — 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
If we have been able to give happiness to a soul-even for a minute-it makes our life blessed. — 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
If you see deficiencies in others, your duty is to forgive instead of pointing at it. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
"Is God a Man or a Woman ?" The answer to this question is neither God is That. But if you must… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Pray to God: It's all right if you don't love me, but please let me love you! — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
If we let go of our likes and dislikes, we will become fit vessels to receive the God's ever flowing grace. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
If chanting is not possible during a certain task, then pray before starting it: 'Lord, give Your blessing so that I may… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Married life, if lived with the proper love and understanding, helps awaken the feminine within a man, and the masculine within a… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
If we lose our money while traveling, think how frantically we search for it! In the same way, if we are unable… — 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.… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
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… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
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,… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
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.… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
