Online with Amma

Category: Spiritual

  • God is your only real relative

    “One should have the conviction that God is one’s only real relative. Children, you should know that eventually all other relations and worldly objects will give nothing but sorrow. Let your bond be with God alone. This does not mean that you should abandon your wife and children, or that you should see them as…

  • How to live a family life

    “A bird sits on the dry twig of a tree and eats a piece of fruit it has found somewhere. It knows that the twig may break at any moment; so it is very alert as it sits on the twig. You should understand that this world is like that. Everything may be lost at…

  • Integrated Amrita Meditation Technique

    24 Aug 2003, Amritapuri The first IAM Technique® meditation course for Ammas western  devotees here at Amritapuri has just been completed, and a batch  of about 50 new initiates have now received the precious gift of  Ammas unique meditation instructions. For those that were  fortunate enough to be initiated earlier this year, refresher courses  are…

  • Spiritual relationship between husband and wife

    Question: Amma, could you please give us some instructions about marriage and married life? Amma: Marriage and married life, in fact, are another way to attain God-realization, although many are not aware of it. For the attainment of this goal, both the husband and the wife need a certain amount of understanding about leading a…

  • Living in Guru’s presence

    How fortunate we all are to be in a Guru-disciple relationship, living so intimately with a Mahatma like Amma, who is ever established in the Supreme Consciousness. We have so much personal contact with Her, and we are able to see the various ways in which She instructs and uplifts Her disciples and devotees. Many…

  • Amma on Meditation and concentration

    Children, don’t try to still your mind by force when you sit for meditation

  • Serve patients with understanding and love

    — Amma’s message to the first batch students of Amrita School of Medicine Darling Children, Just as a person needs air to breathe, the soul needs to be nurtured with love and care. The need of love is felt the most when we fall sick, physically or mentally. More than half the cure is done…

  • Take one step, God will take 100 steps towards you

    Question: Mother, you often say that if we take one step towards God, God will take a hundred steps towards us. Does this mean that God is far away from us? Mother: No. It means that if you make an effort to cultivate just one good quality, all the other good qualities will develop naturally…

  • God and your life

    Tell everything to God “No matter who causes you grief, take your complaints to the puja room (family shrine), where your real friend is. In addition to your husband or wife, you should have a friend — and that friend should be God. Even if your husband or wife makes you unhappy, tell that to…

  • Bhajans, the devotional singing

    “Bhajans are prayers in the form of songs, rich in meaning and full of devotional content. When one sings a bhajan wholeheartedly, they completely forget themselves and become one with their longing for the divine; this is meditation. In this modern age with distractions galore, traditional meditation and contemplation are not possible for everybody, but…