Mata Amritanandamayi Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• Pure love removes all negative feelings. Destroying all selfishness, it expects nothing but gives anything. Pure love is a constant giving up- giving up of everything that belongs to you. What really belongs to you? Only the ego. Love consumes in its flames all preconceived ideas, prejudices and judgments, all those things which stem from the ego. Pure love is nothing but the emptying of the mind of all its fears and the tearing off of all masks. It exposes the Self as it is.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Love, Giving Up, Self

  Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Amma (2014). “Awaken Children Vol. 4”, p.237, M A Center

• Most people are concerned only with what they can get from the world, but it is what we are able to give to others that determines the quality of our life

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Life, People, Giving

  Swami Ramakrishnananda Puri, Amma, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (2014). “Secret Of Inner Peace”, p.125, M A Center

• The heart sends blood to every cell of the body, and in this way the cells are nourished. The same blood then flows back to the heart. If the flow is obstructed, the person will die. We need to learn this process of give and take from the heart. For the benefit of others, and also for ourselves, we should have the attitude of caring and sharing. We are all links in the chain of life. If one link is weakened, it will affect the strength of the whole chain.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Attitude, Heart, Caring

• Fill your hearts with love and gratitude. Life gives us what we need and not necessarily what we want. It follows its own wisdom, which is often incomprehensible to our gross minds. We should learn to accept situations in life. This attitude of acceptance is the secret to happiness.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Gratitude, Attitude, Heart

• Society is made up of individuals. The thoughts and actions of each individual influence the culture of that society. Instead of waiting for others to improve, we should try to improve ourselves. Once our attitude has changed, we will be able to perceive goodness throughout world. If there is a positive change in us, it will also be reflected in others. It is only what we give that we can hope to get back.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Attitude, Giving, Waiting

• "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 Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Men, Giving

  amma and rajappa, “0998.Mata Amritanandamayi-Churning Of The Milk Ocean”

• Let us take from Nature only what we really need, and try to give back to some extent.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Nature, Giving, Trying

  Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Amma (2015). “108 Quotes On Nature”, p.69, M A Center

• It is not good to give money to everyone who begs; give food or clothing instead. They may misuse the money we give for drinks and drugs. We should not give them a chance to err. Try not to see them as beggars, but as God himself.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Giving, Drug, Trying

• Children, we are told to make an offering at the temple or at the feet of the guru, not because the Lord or guru is in need of wealth or anything else. Real offering is the act of surrendering the mind and the intellect. How can it be done? We cannot offer our minds as they are, but only the things to which our minds are attached. Today our minds are greatly attached to money and other worldly things. By placing such thoughts at the feet of the Lord, we are offering Him our heart. This is the principle behind giving charities.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Children, Real

• Children, pray for the good of everyone. We should pray to God to give a good mind even to those who harm us. One cannot sleep peacefully when there is a theif in the neighborhood. Likewise, when we pray for the well-being of others, it is we who gain peace and quietude. Children, the mantra 'Loka samasta sukhino bhavantu' should be chanted at least once daily.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Children, Sleep, Giving

• Children, we may go to the temple, reverently circumambulate the sanctum sanctorum and put our offering in the charity box, but on our way out if we kick the beggar at the door, where is our devotion? Compassion towards the poor is our duty to God. Mother is not saying that we should give money to every beggar that sits in front of a temple, but do not despise them. Pray for them as well. When we hate others, it is our own mind that becomes impure. Equality of vision is God.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Mother, Spiritual, Children

• 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

  Mother, Children, Thinking

• Renovating temples does not mean building great gate towers or receptacles for offerings. What we should focus on is the regular conduct of worship according to tradition, regular satsang, devotional singing, and so forth. Our devotion and faith give life to temples, not rituals and ceremonies. Children, we should remember this when we are involved in temple matters.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Children, Mean

• If chanting is not possible during a certain task, then pray before starting it: 'Lord, give Your blessing so that I may do this work in a manner that pleases You!' At the end, pray again to the Lord for forgiving any mistakes we may have committed during the task consciously or otherwise.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Mistake, Blessing, Giving

• Remember to set apart at least one hour every day to do some service for others. While the food we eat nurtures our bodies, it is what we give in charity that nurtures our souls. If time is not available daily, reserve at least a few hours every week for some worthwhile act of charity.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Giving, Soul, Charity

• If we have been able to give happiness to a soul-even for a minute-it makes our life blessed.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Relationship, Blessed, Giving

  Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Amma (2015). “108 Quotes On Bliss”, p.89, M A Center

• We give physical exercise to the body, but neglect the heart. The exercise for the heart is uplifting the destitute and the suffering.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Uplifting, Heart, Exercise

• Our educational system needs to give equal importance to the intellect and the heart.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Educational, Heart, Kids

  Twitter post from May 27, 2014

• Just as our bodies need proper food to live and develop, our souls need love to blossom. The strength and nourishment that love can give our souls is even more potent than the nourishing power of a mother's milk for a baby.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Love, Mother, Baby

  Swami Ramakrishnananda Puri, Amma, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (2014). “The Timeless Path”, p.15, M A Center

• Children, we should visit homes of the poor, orphanages and hospitals from time to time. We should take our family members along and offer assistance and look after the welfare of inmates. A word spoken with love and concern will give them more comfort than any amount of money. That will lead to the expansion of our hearts as well.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Children, Home, Heart

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

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Love, Heart, Giving

  Twitter post from May 11, 2015

• 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

  Moving, Hands, Long

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