The impermanent, which is the body, is given too much importance. The permanent, which is the Atman, is completely forgotten. This should change.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIThe impermanent, which is the body, is given too much importance. The permanent, which is the Atman, is completely forgotten. This should change.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIThe change will only happen outside once we change within ourselves.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIFree from attachments to the past and worries about the future, a child expresses him/herself fully.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI“Is God a Man or a Woman ?” The answer to this question is neither God is That. But if you must give God a gender, God is more female than male, for he is contained in She.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIYou can only feel love by expressing it.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIIf we have been able to give happiness to a soul-even for a minute-it makes our life blessed.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYISpiritual love is without limits or boundaries. Worldly love is superficial and fluctuating.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIOur compassion and acts of selflessness take us to the deeper truths.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIWhat makes Amma happy, is to see her children helping others to feel happy.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIDue to our preconceptions regarding education, we fail to inquire into the most obvious and wondrous field of study – ourselves.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIJust as food and sleep are necessary for the body, spiritual understanding is needed for a healthy mind.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYILove is our true nature. When we do not express love in our words and actions it is like honey hidden in a rock.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYILove one another without any expectations. Then, there is no need to go anywhere in search of heaven.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIMarried life, if lived with the proper love and understanding, helps awaken the feminine within a man, and the masculine within a woman.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIThe factor stringing together individuals, society and nature is missing from today’s educational system. That factor is spiritual values.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIIf you see deficiencies in others, your duty is to forgive instead of pointing at it.
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