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Category: Spiritual

  • Through selfless service mind becomes one with the Universal Consciousness

    Question: Amma, in your ashram much importance is given to selfless service. But isn’t action an impediment to true Self-enquiry? Lalitha Amma: For a true Advaitin, nothing is different from the Self. The steps leading to a terrace are made of brick and cement. The terrace is also made of brick and cement. When you…

  • Selfless service is what gives real value

    Question: Amma why do you give so much importance to selfless service? Mother: Meditation and studying the scriptures are like two sides of a coin, the coin of spiritual life. But the engraving on that coin is selfless service, and that is what gives it its real value. A student who has just completed his…

  • Realized Master s presence is conducive for spiritual growth

    Question: If God and the Guru are within us, what is the need for an external Guru? Mother: In every stone, there is a potential icon lying concealed. It is when the sculptor chisels away the unnecessary parts that the icon is revealed. Likewise, the Guru brings out the Divine Essence in the disciple, who,…

  • I have no other arms than yours

    I have no other arms than yours

    Children, God doesn’t have any hands or feet of His own. He works through us, through our eyes, ears and hands. So we have to bring him into our hands, into our feet, into our tongue, our eyes and our hearts.

  • Life is meant not only for winners, but for losers as well

    Even if we are not able to create young people who always give, we should at least be able to provide the nation with people who both give and take.

  • Greatest devotee of God

    Sage Narada thought that he was a great devotee. “Once Lord Krishna said, ‘Narada, there is one farmer on earth who is a greater devotee than you.’ Narada doubted this and came down to earth to see the peasant in person. He found that the farmer would chant the Lord’s Name only three times a…

  • Unity is Peace: Amma’s address on 50th anniversary of the UN

    Unity is Peace: Amma’s address on 50th anniversary of the UN

    We may deny God, but the intellect cannot prove or disprove God. If the intellect were able to prove God’s existence—if the intellect could contain God within its grasp—it would only mean that the intellect is greater than God.

  • Meditation is like a tonic

    Question: Can meditation be harmful? It is said that a person’s head becomes heated when he meditates. Amma: It is always better to be taught by a Guru how to meditate. Meditation is like a tonic. A tonic nourishes the body. The tonic comes with certain instructions. If you just ignore the instructions and swallow…

  • bring God into our hands, our tongue and our hearts

    (from Amma’s benedictory address delivered on the occasion of her 44th birthday celebration) Countless people of different natures come to Mother. Many of them have family problems, most of which are related to trivial matters. If only we had a little patience, many problems could be solved or avoided. One day a couple came to Mother.…

  • Good actions bring good results, bad actions bring bad results

    (From Amma’s benedictory address delivered on the occasion of her 44th birthday celebration) It is said that our life should be like an eye, for the eye has the ability to adjust its power of vision. Whether the object is far away or nearby, the eye adjusts itself in order to get a clear view. So…