If the desires are not controlled now, later they will control you. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Have the conviction that God is your only real relative and friend. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Any pleasure gained by means other than mental control weakens the body. — 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
Look carefully at what is of value in others and respect that. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
To awaken spiritual unity, and to spread to others the love that is our inherent nature, is the true goal of human… — 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
The relation between husband and wife should turn into a love of the heart untouched by desire. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
We should learn to love everyone equally, because in essence we are all one, one Atman, one soul. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Couples should abstain from sexual relations at least 2 or 3 days a week. Gradually try to reach a stage of celibacy most days. — 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
Finding fault in others, just for the sake of finding fault, we will pollute our own minds. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Most human beings know only the language of exploitation. Due to their selfishness, they are unable to consider others. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
When we raise one hand to say "bye-bye" we are gesturing that we are going apart from each other, whereas when we… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Try to gather the strength to live as brother and sister after one or two children are born. This is essential for… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Children, those who are unmarried should conserve their vital energy by maintaining celibacy. To turn what we gain by this in to… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
No matter who causes you grief, take your complaints to the meditation room, where your real friend is. In addition to your… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
You can lead a truly spiritual life while remaining a householder. You will be able to enjoy the bliss of the Self,… — 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,… — 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
