Mata Amritanandamayi
Quotes
Widely known as Amma, she is a revered spiritual leader and humanitarian who offers solace through her practices of hugging and charitable work. Her teachings emphasize compassion, selfless service, and the importance of spiritual realization. Amma's global outreach includes extensive social and charitable initiatives, focusing on education, healthcare, and disaster relief, reflecting her commitment to alleviating suffering and promoting human values.
Mata Amritanandamayi
Quotes
Widely known as Amma, she is a revered spiritual leader and humanitarian who offers solace through her practices of hugging and charitable work. Her teachings emphasize compassion, selfless service, and the importance of spiritual realization. Amma's global outreach includes extensive social and charitable initiatives, focusing on education, healthcare, and disaster relief, reflecting her commitment to alleviating suffering and promoting human values.
Human beings are born to experience pure love, and they never get it. They are searching to experience it from birth until death.
Fighting the wounds of the past will only deepen those wounds. Relaxation is the method that heals the wounds of the mind, not reaction.
To awaken spiritual unity, and to spread to others the love that is our inherent nature, is the true goal of human life.
No one becomes pure and selfless overnight; it involves time and concentrated effort, coupled with tremendous patience and love.
Happiness is within everyone, but we are not able to experience it because of our ego's likes and dislikes.
Couples should abstain from sexual relations at least 2 or 3 days a week. Gradually try to reach a stage of celibacy most days.
Progress can be slow and gradual. Continue putting in effort with patience, enthusiasm and faith.
We have nothing to lose by trusting the infinite power of the Self, except the bondage of our own ignorance.
What we need is peace of mind. We can gain that only through the control of our mind.
Real happiness in life comes from the mental capacity to adapt to any situation.
Chant your mantra while engaged in work. This way, the mind will be continuously focused on Him.
What the world needs are servants, not leaders. Everyone's wish is to become a leader....Let us become a real servant instead.
Just as armor protects the soldier, spiritual knowledge protects us from the difficulties of life.
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.
If we are not able to fix the Lord firmly in our hearts, even a lifetime of temple-going does not do us any good.
Have the conviction that God is your only real relative and friend.
Every night, contemplate: What good did I do today? How can I do better tomorrow?
Transcending the cycle of death and rebirth is the real purpose of this life in human form.
We should fill the syllabuses of schools with lessons about love and compassion.
