Top 200 Mata Amritanandamayi Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “Happiness comes from the dissolution of the mind, not from external objects. Through meditation we can achieve everything including bliss, health, strength, intelligence and vitality. But it should be practiced properly in solitude and with care.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

152. “Be content and happy with whatever comes to you.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

153. “Animals too experience sorrow, love, anger and other emotions.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

154. “First, the human mind should be harmonized, then the harmony of Nature will spontaneously take place.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

155. “May your thoughts, words and actions arise from love.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

156. “The more you give, the more your heart is filled. Love is a never ending stream.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

157. “Children should observe a regular schedule for sleeping and waking up.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

158. “People think that God wants our offerings. God does not need anything from us. He is the giver. He is like the sun – the giver of light.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

159. “Each and every living being in nature is part of God’s body.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

160. “Children, meditation is not just sitting with our eyes closed. We should take every action as worship. We should be able to experience His presence everywhere.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

161. “Pray: O Lord, make my eyes see only the good in everyone.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

162. “Go out and serve the suffering. Learn to place others in front of yourself.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

163. “Our hearts are the shrine; that is where God should be installed. Our good thoughts are the flowers to worship Him. Good deeds form the worship, good words form the hymns and love forms the offering.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

164. “Whatever binds us most, whatever is dearest to us, that is what we should offer the Lord. Doesn’t a mother give her child whatever she thinks is the best?”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

165. “Spirituality, as expounded by the great saints and sages of the past, is a very broad path. It accommodates all types of belief systems. You need to satisfy everyone.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

166. “For a true disciple, the repetition of the mantra is like food.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

167. “When you get up in the morning, let your first thought be directed towards God.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

168. “Feel your prayers, feel your mantra and you will feel God.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

169. “Take a vow for a life of service to others.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

170. “Pray for a peaceful and contented mind in all circumstances.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

171. “Real success is gaining the ability to face situations in life with maturity.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

172. “Unfortunately, the only meaning that society attributes to life today is an opportunity to make money.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

173. “Our circumstances will continually change. It is out of our control. It is more important to change our attitude, which we have control of.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

174. “Real love is the complete absence of any negative feelings towards anyone.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

175. “In most cases, worldly love ends in hatred and deep sorrow.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

176. “Children, we should simplify our life’s needs and use the resulting savings for charity.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

177. “Traveling by bus, we see many things on the way and just let them pass by. Watch the thoughts of your minds in the same way.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

178. “We live in a calculative world and have a calculative mind, and in such a world, ego dominates.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

179. “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

180. “If you have patience, then you’ll also have love. Patience leads to love.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

181. “As long as her hands can move a little bit and reach out to those who come to Her, Amma will continue giving darshan.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

182. “In this age of selfishness, selfless service is the only soap that truly purifies.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

183. “Children, everyone should try to wake up before five in the morning. The ideal time for spiritual practices like meditation and chanting is Brahma Muhurta. During this period, sattvic qualities are predominant in nature. Moreover, the mind will be clear and body energetic.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

184. “Due to our preconceptions regarding education, we fail to inquire into the most obvious and wondrous field of study – ourselves.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

185. “When we raise one hand to say “bye-bye” we are gesturing that we are going apart from each other, whereas when we join our palms and bow our head, our hearts become closer.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

186. “Contribute to charitable projects like the printing of spiritual books so that they can be sold at a lower price. Poor people will then be able to buy and read them. In this way we can help to cultivate spiritual culture in them also.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

187. “Compassion can shoulder the suffering of the entire world without feeling the slightest bit of pain.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

188. “As far as possible, everyone in the family should eat together.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

189. “Try to gather the strength to live as brother and sister after one or two children are born. This is essential for reaping the full benefit of spiritual practice and to make spiritual progress through mental restraint.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

190. “Love sustains everything.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

191. “If you are unable to meditate, chant your mantra or sing bhajans.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

192. “We human beings are born in ego, live in ego, are brought up in ego and will die in ego. We need a certain degree 0f vision when we live in this world for achieving and attaining our goals in life.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

193. “A musk deer searches for the source of the fragrance of musk, but it won’t find it because the fragrance comes from within itself. Bliss is not to be found outside of us; it exists within us.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

194. “Try not to have any break in chanting the mantra even for a moment. Continue repeating the mantra while engaged in any task. Chanting in the mind may not always be possible at first, so in the beginning, practice japa by moving the lips incessantly-like a fish drinking water.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

195. “Understand this great truth: The happiness that comes from the pleasures of the world is but a minute reflection of the infinite bliss that comes from within your own Self.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

196. “The relation between husband and wife should turn into a love of the heart untouched by desire.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

197. “Don’t go empty handed when going to a temple or to see a spiritual master. Offer something as a symbol of surrender, even if it be a mere flower.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

198. “The extra luggage of indiscriminate dreams, desires and attachments will make your life’s journey miserable.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

199. “Many people talk a lot about environmental preservation, but true greatness lies in putting these principles into practice and actually doing something about it.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi

200. “Love is our true essence.”

— Mata Amritanandamayi