Mission
 Amma says, “
My sole mission is to love and serve one and all. Amma's only wish
is that her hands should always be on someone's shoulder, consoling
and caressing them and wiping their tears, even while breathing
her last.”
The greatest miracle that takes place in her presence occurs in
the hearts of those who come to her – the gentle, gradual
awakening of love, compassion and selflessness, an awakening of
one’s own inherent divinity.
She says, “ Mother is just an offering to the world and wants
to be available to everyone.” Anyone who watches Amma on a
day- to-day basis will understand the significance of this statement.
Amma always says that the purpose of human birth is to realize
the Self or in other words, “ to realize who we really are”.
This goal lies in the heart of all her institutions. Through the
example of her own life of tireless service to humanity, Amma inspires
her children to walk towards the goal of self-realization by serving
the poor and the needy. She has inspired many humanitarian activities
that have drawn the attention of the world community. In recent
years, Amma has addressed the Parliament of World’s Religions
in Chicago, the United Nations in New York and the Global Peace
Initiative of Women religious and Spiritual Leaders, conducted at
the UN in Geneva, where she gave speeches on the present day social
problems and their solutions. It was there that Amma was awarded
with the 2002 Gandhi-King award for Non-violence.
Amma has never sought to convert anyone. Her's is not a sectarian
mission. But Amma has always stressed that along with a new home,
a pension, an operation or a meal, the beneficiaries of her Humanitarian
activities receive a compassionate smile and a kind word from those
who serve them. In this way those who give, those who receive, and
those who look on--all are transformed by the selfless love and
sense of universal kinship, blossoming in an experience of essential
unity—the oneness in the Self.
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