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    • About Amma

      Meeting Amma is a unique experience. For over thirty years now, Amma has been embracing all who come to her, all around the world.
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    • Early Years

      Born in a remote coastal village in southern India, Amma first began to embrace the people in her village as a way to ease their suffering. More..

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      Best known for her embrace, Amma also oversees a global network of international charities. More..

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      What religious & spiritual leaders, politicians, business people, cultural & social leaders, scientists and journalists say about Amma. More..

    • Where is Amma?

      Visit the Amritapuri.org website for Amma’s program dates and her visits to cities around the world. Visit Site

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      Donate online to help support Amma’s global charities (“Embracing the World”), Amma’s Australian activities and more… Donate Online

    • Embracing the World

      Amma’s humanitarian work has inspired the creation of an International Network of Charities called Embracing the World®. Visit Site

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    • Amritapuri India

      Amritapuri is the headquarters of Amma’s worldwide mission & spiritual home for Amma’s monastic disciples & devotees.
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    • Amma Melbourne Centre

      The Amma Melbourne Centre (known as Amma’s Melbourne Ashram), is located at Carrum Downs on the outskirts of the city. More..

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      The Amma Sydney Centre is currently in the development stage and we are looking for help with this worthy project! More..

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    • AAAS

      The Amrita Academy of Arts and Spirituality (AAAS) promotes a spirit-based education drawing from Amma’s teachings. More..

    • Mother’s Kitchen

      “Mother’s Kitchen” is a community service run by volunteers.
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      Kid’s Breakfast Club

    • Amrita Pantry

      Amrita Pantry is an initiative to help people in need across Australia through food boxes and support services. More..

    • IAM® Meditation

      IAM® Meditation Technique is a powerful meditation practice developed by Amma. More..

    • GreenFriends

      GreenFriends is a volunteer-led nature care organisation to preserve & protect the environment. More..

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      Spiritual practices and education that help us live a harmonious life of connection with ourselves, others and the world. More..

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About Amma

Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi—or Amma (Mother), as she is known—is loved throughout the world as an extraordinary humanitarian and spiritual leader who is transforming the lives of millions of people through her spiritual teachings and the living example of her life. She has served the world-community for decades, sharing her wisdom, strength and inspiration.

Amma’s Embrace

Amma’s caring, motherly embrace—known as darshan—is the centrepiece of her life. Nearly every day, for more than four decades, Amma spends hour after hour, receiving people in this unique fashion, forgoing food and sleep—occasionally sitting for as many as 24 hours in a row. Meeting Amma is a unique experience. In Amma’s arms people find the peace, love, strength and inspiration to face the challenges of life with a positive attitude.

Humanitarian Work

Seeing Amma’s example of selfless compassion, many people come away from Amma’s darshan feeling inspired to see if there isn’t more that they could be doing to help others. In this way, an entire volunteer humanitarian movement—known as Embracing the World has arisen. Embracing the World projects include free medical care for the poor, homes for the homeless, pensions for widows and mentally disabled people, scholarships for impoverished children, environmental initiatives, and much more. Discover more by watching the “Embracing the World” Movie or reading the eBook.


In Australia

In Australia, free meals for disadvantaged people been served regularly as part of an international program known as “Mother’s Kitchen” since 1999. There are Mother’s Kitchens in Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney. The Kids Breakfast Club in Melbourne serves meals to children from eight schools in Melbourne, who would otherwise start the day without breakfast. There are also tree-planting and ecological cleanup days as well as visits to nursing homes, car wash and marathon fundraisers, and many more activities. All of this has arisen based on Amma’s belief that compassion is the one-word answer to all the world’s problems.

As Amma says,

“In today’s world, people experience two types of poverty: the poverty caused by lack of food, clothing and shelter, and the poverty caused by lack of love and compassion. Of these two, the second type needs to be considered first because if we have love and compassion in our hearts, then we will wholeheartedly serve those who suffer from lack of food, clothing and shelter.”

Amma has travelled the world for more than 30 years, bringing love, hope and peace through her talks and her darshan. Accessible to everyone, she has hugged an estimated more than 38 million people worldwide.  At the request of Australians who have met and been inspired by Amma she has been visiting Australia, since 1989, holding free programs as well as retreats throughout the country.

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