For Amma, men and women are equal Wherever we see the qualities of love and compassion, it is the tradition of Bharat to view that as an embodiment of the feminine. Thus, has come the concept of five mothers: deha-mata, desa-mata, bhu-mata, veda-mata and go-mata—our Birth Mother, Mother Nation, Mother Earth, Mother Veda and Mother Cow. Society has branded woman as helpless, weak and fickle and shackled her with this conditioning. But there is nothing a woman cannot do if she sets her mind to it.
