Mata Amritanandamayi Quotes About Children

Quotes about: Children

• Up to the age of five, children should be given a lot of love. From the age of five to fifteen they should be brought up under strict discipline especially regarding their study. It is at that time that life's foundation is formed. Love without discipline will only spoil them. Above the age of fifteen children should be given maximum love otherwise they may go astray.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Children, Kids, Discipline

• Children, don't waste a single second.
  Serve others, above all the poor,
  expecting nothing in return.
  Just as the person who offers God flowers
  is the first to enjoy their fragrance,
  the person who offers compassion
  is the first to receive its blessing.
  Wherever a heart beats
  with compassion:
  God is there.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Children, Flower, Heart

• Keep the child within alive. A child never tires of hearing the birds sing, never gets bored looking at flowers.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Nature, Children, Flower

• Children, we can grow spiritually only if we see the guru as the manifestation of God. We should not accept anyone as guru before we are fully convinced personally that he is authentic and truthful. Once we choose someone as guru, we should surrender completely to him. Only then will spiritual development be possible. Devotion to the guru means total surrender to him.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Children, Mean

• Love and spiritual values received from parents are the strongest assets for a child to face the various trials of adulthood.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Children, Kids

  Twitter post from Dec 30, 2013

• What meaning do our lives have if we cannot set aside at least one hour a day out of 24 for thinking about God? Think how many hours we spend reading the newspaper, gossiping and doing various useless acts! Children we can definitely set aside an hour for sadhana if we really want it. That is our real wealth. If we cannot spare a whole hour at a stretch, keep apart half an hour in the morning and again in the evening.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Morning, Children, Real

• What makes Amma happy, is to see her children helping others to feel happy.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Children, Helping Others, Amma

• 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.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Letting Go, Children, Thinking

  Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Amma (2014). “Awaken Children Vol. 8”, p.125, 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

• Children, not a grain of the food we eat is made purely by our own effort. What comes to us in the form of food is the work of others, the bounty of Nature and God's compassion. Even if we have millions of dollars, we still need food to satisfy our hunger. Can we eat dollars? Therefore, never eat anything without first praying with humility.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Children, Food, Humility

• Parents need to nourish spiritual values in their children from a very young age.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Children, Kids

  Twitter post from May 22, 2013

• Children, we must cultivate reverence towards all great masters, monks and gurus.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Children, Monk

• 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

• Children, we should always eat our food sitting down. Do not eat standing or walking around.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Children, Food, Sitting Down

• Free from attachments to the past and worries about the future, a child expresses him/herself fully.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Children, Kids, Past

• Children, temples are places where, at least for a short while, the remembrance of God is kindled in our hearts which otherwise are totally immersed in worldly transactions.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Children, Heart

• Children, everyone should try to wake up before five in the morning. The ideal time for spiritual practices like meditation and chanting is Brahma Muhurta. During this period, sattvic qualities are predominant in nature. Moreover, the mind will be clear and body energetic.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Morning, Children

• Children, in the present dark age of materialism, chanting the mantra is the easiest way for us to obtain inner purification and concentration. Japa can be done at any time, anywhere, without observing any rule regarding the purity of mind and body. Japa can be done while engaged in any task.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Children, Dark, Meditation

• Children, we cannot control our mind without controlling our desire for taste. The health aspect, not the taste, should be the prime criteria in choosing the food. We cannot relish the blossoming of the heart without foregoing the taste of the tongue.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Children, Food, Heart

• 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, even if we lose a million dollars, we can recover it. If we lose one second, we cannot get it back. Every moment that we are not remembering God is lost to us.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Children, Meditation, Dollars

• It is a good practice to write at least on page of mantra daily. Many people get better concentration by writing than by chanting. Try also to inculcate in children the habit of chanting and neatly writing the mantra. This will help to improve their handwriting, too. The book in which the mantra is written should not be thrown around; it should be carefully kept in our meditation or shrine room.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Children, Book, Writing

• Progress is not possible without discipline. A nation, institution, family or individual can advance only by heeding the words of those who deserve respect and by obeying the appropriate rules and regulations. Children, obedience is not weakness. Obedience with humility leads to discipline.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Children, Humility, Discipline

• Children should observe a regular schedule for sleeping and waking up.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Children, Sleep, Kids

• Children, when we go to the temple, do not hurry to have darshan, then make some offering and return home in a hurry. We should stand there patiently in silence for some time and try to visualize the beloved deity in our hearts. If possible, we should sit down and meditate. At each step, remember to do japa. Amma doesn't say that the offerings and worship are not necessary, but of all the offerings we make, what the Lord wants most is our hearts!

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Children, Home

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