She hails from the same village I come from, but the similarities end there. I am not her follower, but I am amazed at what she has done and still is doing.
Known the world over, as the Hugging saint her main mantra is the hug. In a single day, she is known to have hugged about 75,000 people. Isn’t that truly amazing! When hugged, people feel terribly emotional and there is a sense of being carefree after the hug – a lightness of being.
India is blessed for the inumerable spiritual leaders she has produced. Each of them at different points of time have helped satiate mankind’s spiritual hunger. When the world is going through such troubled times, Amma is a catalyst for unconditional love and caring. She is a modern-day miracle.
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“The Hugging Saint”
Amma, Mata Amritanandamayi Devi
Amma is often called the Hugging Saint by the international press.
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“As long as there is enough strength in these
hands to reach out to those who come to her,
to place her hand on a crying person’s shoulder,
Amma will continue to give darshan.
To lovingly caress people,
to console and wipe their tears
until the end of this mortal frame
—this is Amma’s wish.”
—Amma
Probably no other saint in history has given darshan the way Amma does: by hugging. Simple yet profound, Amma’s signature is an outward expression of Her divine vision, which beholds the Self everywhere; hence Her total acceptance of all who come to Her. Those blessed to receive Amma’s hugs experience a healing of their inner wounds, and thus, a radical transformation of their lives.
Amma is the shoreless ocean of motherly love. The long queue that originates wherever She goes is a sign of how intensely the world is thirsting for a love that is pristine, hearty and unconditional. She embraces all who come to Her�man or woman, human or animal, the healthy or infirm, the pious or irreverent�seeing each as Her child.
More than ever before, Amma’s darshan has become a dire necessity. Her hugs are a welcome reprieve from the din of strife and selfishness, and a timely reminder to love, without expectation.
In Singapore from 26th to 29th March 2008
At Expo Convention Centre
Contact Singapore phone : (+65) 6341 7701
email: amrita@amma.org.sg