Why should each one of us love and respect our own mothers? Bhagawan reminds us in His own sweet and nectarous words.

He is a true human being who loves his mother and becomes the recipient of his mother’s love. One who cannot earn his mother’s love is verily a demon. Hence, respect and revere your mother. Experience and enjoy your mother’s love. Dedicate your life for the happiness of the mother. You may acquire any number of degrees; you may undertake any number of sacred activities, but all of them will prove futile if you do not please your mother. There is none superior to the mother in this world. The Veda has accorded the place of highest prominence to the mother when it declared, Matru devo bhava, Pitru devo bhava, Acharya devo bhava, Atithi devo bhava (revere your mother, father, preceptor, and guest as God). There may be a son in this world who does not love his mother, but there cannot be a mother who does not love her son. There may be differences of opinion between them, but the motherly love will never diminish. Embodiments of Love! It is your foremost duty to love your mother.

- Divine Discourse, May 6, 2003