If we have been able to give happiness to a soul-even for a minute-it makes our life blessed.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIIf we have been able to give happiness to a soul-even for a minute-it makes our life blessed.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIHappiness is within everyone, but we are not able to experience it because of our ego’s likes and dislikes.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIHuman beings are born to experience pure love, and they never get it. They are searching to experience it from birth until death.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIPeople 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 AMRITANANDAMAYIJust as the right hand comes to dress the wound on the left hand, we should see another person’s sorrows as our own and come to his or her aid.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIThe first step in spiritual life is to have compassion. A person who is kind and loving never needs to go searching for God. God rushes toward any heart that beats with compassion-it is God’s favorite place.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIEvery night, contemplate: What good did I do today? How can I do better tomorrow?
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYILook at the optimism of Nature. Nothing can stop it. Only the ego makes humans pessimistic, and this causes suffering.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIThe more intellectual you are, the more egoistic you are, and surrendering becomes more difficult.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIWe live in a calculative world and have a calculative mind, and in such a world, ego dominates.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIHappiness depends on how you accept, understand and surrender to situations.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIWhat makes Amma happy, is to see her children helping others to feel happy.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIOur highest, most important duty in this world is to help our fellow beings.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIOne who goes after the taste of the tongue does not get to know the taste of the heart.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIIn this universe it is Love that binds everything together. Love is the very foundation, beauty and fulfillment of life.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYINowadays everybody wants to become a leader. No one wants to become a servant. In reality, the world is badly in need of servants, not leaders. A real servant is a real leader.
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