Mata Amritanandamayi

Mata Amritanandamayi

Humanitarian known as Amma.

Widely known as Amma, she is a revered spiritual leader and humanitarian who offers solace through her practices of hugging and charitable work. Her teachings emphasize compassion, selfless service, and the importance of spiritual realization. Amma's global outreach includes extensive social and charitable initiatives, focusing on education, healthcare, and disaster relief, reflecting her commitment to alleviating suffering and promoting human values.

Mata Amritanandamayi Quotes about World

  • Love is the only medicine that can heal the wounds of the world.
  • We live in a calculative world and have a calculative mind, and in such a world, ego dominates.
  • The ashram is Mother's body. Mother's soul is in Her children. Children, all the service done for the ashram, is done for Mother. The ashram is not anyone's private property. It is the means to provide peace and quietude for the entire world.
  • The guru is not someone who is confined to the body. When there is selfless love for the guru, we will be able to see him not only in his body but in every living and nonliving thing in this world. Learn to see everything as the guru's body and to serve them accordingly.
  • Our highest, most important duty in this world is to help our fellow beings.
  • Whatever you see, hear or experience in the world is ephemeral. Get in touch with the eternal substratum of everything.
  • Don't be discouraged by your incapacity to dispel darkness from the world. Light your little candle and step forward.
  • It is man who, through his thoughts and actions, creates turmoil and disintegration in the natural, harmonious unity of the world.
  • In today's world, human beings are dying and human machines are taking birth.
  • The beauty and charm of selfless love and service should not die away from the face of this earth. The world should know that a life of dedication is possible, that a life inspired by love and service to humanity is possible.
  • Fundamentally, what everyone needs is mental strength and confidence, to manage the mind, just as we manage the outside world.
  • Too much concern about physical security and too little concern about spirituality is the hallmark of today's world.
  • Our efforts to remove hatred and indifference from the world begin by trying to remove them from our own mind.
  • Nobody likes to let go of the ego- it is so precious to everyone. However, once you have attained a state of egolessness, the world won't disappear, as you may think it will. The world will continue, but a change takes place within you. Something is uncovered. You start seeing everything with the wonder and innocence of a child.
  • Compassion can shoulder the suffering of the entire world without feeling the slightest bit of pain.
  • What the world needs are servants, not leaders. Everyone's wish is to become a leader....Let us become a real servant instead.
  • Peace is not just the absence of war and conflict; it goes well beyond that. Peace must be fostered within the individual, within the family and within society. Simply transferring the world's nuclear weapons to a museum will not in itself bring about world peace. The nuclear weapons of the mind must first be eliminated.