So if you can touch people, you can touch the world." Īmṛtānandamayī's darshana has been the centerpiece of her life, as she has received people nearly every day since the late 1970s. The fight in individual minds is responsible for the wars. You cannot change it, but you can make changes. So by affecting individuals, you can make changes in the society and, through it, in the world. Attempting to change the world is like trying to straighten the curly tail of a dog. When asked, in 2002, to what extent she thought her embraces helped the ills of the world, Amṛtānandamayī replied, "I don't say I can do it 100 percent. And so the habit picked up." Amṛtānandamayī has embraced more than 33 million people throughout the world for over 30 years. When they fell weeping into my lap, I used to hug them. They would cry and I would wipe their tears. As to how this began, Amṛtānandamayī said, "People used to come and tell their troubles. She continues to do so annually.Īmṛtānandamayī's form of giving darshana is hugging people. In 1987, at the request of devotees, Amṛtānandamayī began to conduct programs in countries throughout the world. Today the Mata Amritanandmayi Math is engaged in many spiritual and charitable activities.
Amṛtānandamayī continues to serve as chairperson of the Math. In 1981, after spiritual seekers had begun residing at her parents' property in Parayakadavu in the hopes of becoming Amṛtānandamayī's disciples, the Mātā Amṛtānandamayī Math (MAM), a worldwide foundation, was founded. In the same way, my duty is to console those who are suffering." Īmṛtānandamayī rejected numerous attempts by her parents to arrange for her marriage. The duty of a doctor is to treat patients. A continuous stream of love flows from me to all of creation. I don't see anyone different from my own self. Regarding her desire to embrace others, Amṛtānandamayī commented, "I don't see if it is a man or a woman. Despite the reaction of her parents, Amṛtānandamayī continued. Amṛtānandamayī also began to spontaneously embrace people to comfort them in their sorrow.
Her family, which was not wealthy, scolded and punished her. She would bring these people food and clothing from her own home.
Īs part of her chores, Amṛtānandamayī gathered food scraps from neighbours for her family's cows and goats, through which she was confronted with the intense poverty and suffering of others. Born to a family of fishermen in 1953, she was the third child of Sugunanandan and Damayanti. Mātā Amritānandamayī Devi is an Indian guru from Parayakadavu (now partially known as Amritapuri), Alappad Panchayat in Karunagappally, Kollam District, in the state of Kerala.
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