As long as her hands can move a little bit and reach out to those who come to Her, Amma will continue giving darshan.

A true spiritual seeker should exercise control all the time, throughout the day and night.

Look carefully at what is of value in others and respect that.

The extra luggage of indiscriminate dreams, desires and attachments will make your life's journey miserable.

Instead of "I love you," it would be better to say "I am love-I am the embodiment of Pure Love." Remove the I and you, and you will find that there is only Love. It is as if Love is imprisoned between the I and you. Remove the I and you, for they are unreal; they are self-imposed walls that don't exist. The gulf between I and you is the ego. When the ego is removed the distance disappears and the I and you also disappear. They merge to become one - and that is Love.

Children, we can grow spiritually only if we see the guru as the manifestation of God. We should not accept anyone as guru before we are fully convinced personally that he is authentic and truthful. Once we choose someone as guru, we should surrender completely to him. Only then will spiritual development be possible. Devotion to the guru means total surrender to him.

Death is not complete annihilation. It is a pause. It is like pressing the pause button on a tape recorder.