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 AMRITANANDAMAYIThankfulness is a humble, open and prayerful attitude that helps you receive more of God’s grace.
More Mata Amritanandamayi Quotes
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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.
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Talking high philosophy often confuses people, but a look from an egoless person can lift the clouds of pain and despair.
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“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.
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While eating, our attention should not be focused just on the taste. Imagine our chosen deity or guru is present within us and that we are feeding Him. This will turn eating into a spiritual practice.
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Love is the only medicine that can heal the wounds of the world.
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Peace is not a product of an intellectual exercise. It is an inner blossoming that occurs with meditation.
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We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love.
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Our compassion and acts of selflessness take us to the deeper truths.
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Love and spiritual values received from parents are the strongest assets for a child to face the various trials of adulthood.
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Each and every object in Nature teaches us something. Renunciation and selflessness are the greatest lessons to learn from Nature.
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Look at Nature. Nature is a book from which we must learn. Each object in it is a page of that book.
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Loving words and deeds are the best alms.
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The language of love is the language of humility or humbleness.
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Purify the mind through selfless service.
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A person’s destiny can be changed through the power of a saint.
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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.
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We must remember that man is not an island, totally isolated and disconnected from others. We are all part of a universal chain, or the universal consciousness. What happens to one happens to all.
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Look at the optimism of Nature. Nothing can stop it. Only the ego makes humans pessimistic, and this causes suffering.
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Consoling a miserable soul, wiping the tears of a crying person is greater than any worldly achievement.
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Controlling the mind is the way to attain internal harmony.
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When people live in accordance with Nature, the song of life becomes sweet.
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Couples should abstain from sexual relations at least 2 or 3 days a week. Gradually try to reach a stage of celibacy most days.
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Pray May all reach the shore of peace, spreading the sweet holy fragrance of Love and vibrations of unity and harmony.
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Look carefully at what is of value in others and respect that.
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May your thoughts, words and actions arise from love.
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There are thousands ready to die for their religion, but only are few willing to live by its principles. Because of their narrow vision and envy, they have missed the true essence and message of religion which is love and compassion.
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