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Discourses

Here is a brief selection of some of beloved Ammas teachings. A more complete selection of discourses can be sourced in Ammas Connect With the Divine series

Book 1-10

Surrender

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Acceptance (18th Dec' 2005)

In one village, there was a businessman who was really devoted. Every day before he started..

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Self Control

One must pray and be one with God in order to experience peace and joy. If one probes into...

Surrender

Among the scriptures in the Hindu Religion, the Epic “Mahabharatha” is considered ...

The Greatest Devotion is One

There was once a town in India that had a very large temple. Many people went to this temple...

Giving

Accumulation of Wealth

Once upon a time, there lived in a city two brothers. They were very good brothers...

Festivals

Tamil New Year's Day Discourse - April 14th, 2001

In this world, the greatest number of festivals is celebrated in India. Many look at it as...

Bringing in the New

Each and every year there are many functions and celebrations. Why is it necessary to have ..

Deepavali

Deepavali cleanses the body and mind. Out of the several billions of life forms that call...

Festivals

What is the purpose of celebrating the festivals like New Year’s or Christmas? There are a lot ...

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Divine Management

As Amma mentioned, you are all Amma’s angels. You should know this because people...

Pongal Festival

“This Pongal is a Holy day when people convey their gratitude to Mother Nature for her...

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Bhakti (Devotion)

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A Pathway to Joy

Every human being in this world wants to live a life of joy without any difficulties. However...

Bhakti

What is Bhakti? Bhakti is Devotion. There are many ways of showing devotion to God i.e....

Faith

Once upon a time, there was a king ruling a small kingdom. He was very pious and ruled..

Faith & Devotion

Hundreds of years ago there were hardly any temples, but people would make an attempt...

Four Stages of Life

In the human life there are four stages:
(1) GURUKULAM from birth to 25years...

Prayer & Surrender

HUMAN LIFE IS A GREAT LIFE:
Human life is a great life. Why? ...

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Path of Prayer

For us human beings peace of mind is essential in order to function and to conduct our day ...

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Prayer Dec 22nd '05

Prayers, what does it mean?
There are different ways of praying...

Human Life is Great Life

Human life is a great life. Why? There are many other forms of life, why is the human life...

Thazham Poo :Rare Flower

Among many flower plants in the world, there is in India an extremely and pleasantly ...

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Wisdom can win over Destiny

What is destiny? It is very often said that based on the wrong past actions of man, man will...

Hinduism

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Categories of Life

Hinduism is a very ancient religion. As per Hindu beliefs, God created three categories...

Gho Puja

What is the significance of Gho (Cow) puja? The cow is a creature just like many others...

Guru

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Guru

In Sanskrit language there are many golden words and sentences. One such...

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Spirituality - The Guru

Spirituality is important for everyone, however to avoid confusion, a person must genuinely...

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Importance of Guru

In our lives, at every stage, each and every one of us requires assistance or help...

Mantras

Sound Dec 20 '05

Sound is very important for the human life. The moment you come from your Mothe...

Mantras

Whenever we pray we recite mantras (prayers in the Sanskrit language) either inwardl...

Nama Smaranam

Once upon a time there lived a great sage who traveled far and wide spreading the message...

The Vedas 28th Dec '05

As Amma already told, chants are the voice of the divine. They are the breath of the divine...

Nature

Nature

How sad ….1000 ft and below why does one want the hurt and pain the earth so much….

Pooja

Pooja

Amma asks: “What is puja”? Devotees respond: “Offerings to God”. Amma agrees and invites...

Karma

Karma

So on this day Amma is talking about Karma. Each and everything that ever happens in...

Dharma

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Ceiling on Desires

Every human being would like to live a peaceful and happy life. However no matter how hard...

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Commitments

Everyone has many commitments but the most important and necessary commitments can...

Dharma

Once upon a time there was a good businessman who conducted business...

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Self Realisation

Each and everyone’s happiness and sorrow is directly attributed to the respective...

Remembering God

When a baby is born in a person’s life, one of the very first ritual is choosing a name..

Tsunami & Other Natural Disasters

When people deviate from dharma (righteousness; path of good thoughts...

Seva - Selfless Service

Joy of Service

Things like suffering, worry and sadness disrupt human joy. As Amma already...

Service

You all are blessed because the purpose of human birth is to give joy. When will you...

Temples

Jyothi

In our society, whatever is the crime, murder, robbery etc., they happen mainly at night....

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July 2005 Full Moon Puja Discourse

There was a man who was a great devotee, who did all the rituals and payers to God....

Patience for the grace of God

There are millions of flowers on this earth but all of them do not have the honour and...

A test for Amma

In this world, there are a lot of creations. Of all those creations, the human birth is blessed...

No need to worry

If the divine decides to give, no one can stop it. If our wish is not in the divine’s plan...

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Pournami Day Full Moon May 12th '06

Every one of us expects only happiness in life without having to worry about any thing....

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Religions

There are several ways to attain God. All religions in the world aim at only attaining...

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Sanithyam

In every town, village or city there are lots of temples and places of worship....

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Sripuram

Why is Amma creating Sri Puram? What is its purpose? There are a lot of needs in the...

Temples

Amma begins this discourse with a question:
What is the purpose of temples?...

The Rusty Iron

There are people who are doing bad things. Why are they doing bad things even though...

The two types of People

Generally when we talk about people, we split them into two categories. First, we say they...

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The two types of Wishes

There are people with two types of wishes. Number one, there are people who wish to...

The Devas

A person, however intelligent he may be, how ever knowledgeable he may be, how ever big...

The Diamond & the Mustard seed

The diamond is very famous. Everyone knows about diamonds. They are very precious...

The fruit of Knowledge & Wisdom

In a village there was an old businessman. The businessman would start his day only after...

Today is the Solution for the Future

There are a lot of people in the world who are worried about the future. Oh, they ask,...

Utilize your capabilities

Among all living beings, human beings are the most gifted. It is because they have the...

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