Sri Ananandamayi Ma Quotes

• The individual suffers because he perceives duality.
  Find the One everywhere and in everything
  and there will be an end to pain and suffering.
   
• My consciousness has never associated itself with this temporary body.
  Before I came on this earth 'I was the same'.
  As a little girl 'I was the same'. ..........
  Ever afterward, though the dance of creation change around me,
  in the hall of eternity 'I shall be the same'.
   
• Enquire: 'Who am I?' and you will find the answer.
  Look at a tree: from one seed arises a huge tree;
  from it comes numerous seeds, each one of which in its turn grows into a tree.
  No two fruits are alike.
  Yet it is one life that throbs in every particle of the tree.
  So, it is the same Atman (soul) everywhere.
   
• Joys and sorrows are time-born and cannot last.
  Therefore, do not be perturbed by these.
  The greater the difficulties and obstructions,
  the more intense will be your endeavour to cling to His feet
  and the more will your prayer increase from within.
  And when the time is ripe,
  you will gain mastery over this power.
   
• He alone knows to whom He will reveal Himself under which form. By what path and in what manner He attracts any particular man to Himself with great force is incomprehensible to the human intellect.
  The Path differs indeed for different pilgrims.
   
• Grace is all the time showering like the rain; one should do a little bit of spiritual practice just in order that one is able to grasp it. The little bit of power you have - employ that! Read the sacred texts, take his name, do chanting - as much as you have power to do, go on doing. After that, He is there to do all that is to be done. The stomach does not get filled if the morsel of food is only put into the mouth.
   
• Always bear this in mind: Everything is in God's hands, and you are His tool to be used by Him as He pleases. Try to grasp the significance of 'all is His'. and you will immediately feel free from all burdens. What will be the result of your surrender to Him? None will seem alien, all will be your very own Self.
   
• If you just place yourself under the protection of a Guru, then the path which is most suitable for you will by itself open up to you.
   
• Verily, this body is also an utensil for puja (worship); do remember that this is an utensil for puja, and do try to utilize it only for the purpose of puja, and only then will you see that even the inside is becoming clean.