AYUDH Europe Youth Exchange 2008
The 4th annual European Youth Exchange held at the M.A. Center in Germany saw the arrival of a lot of young people from  all parts of European countries to participate in a 6 day program led by Br Shubamrita and Bri. Dipamrita. For the second time, the program was co-funded and [...]

21 – 23 July 2008, Toronto, Canada
At the close of Amma’s 2008 North American Tour, Amma held a 4-day program in Toronto. The state capital of Ontario is a melting pot of many nationalities, including large Indian and Chinese populations. This was reflected in the diversity of people standing in line to meet Amma. The [...]

Guru Purnima
18 July 2008 – Marlboro, Massachusetts, USA
Throughout the world, Amma’s devotees and disciples offered their heartfelt worship and prayers to their beloved Satguru today. In Marlboro, Massachusetts, where Amma was concluding her 21st annual tour of the United States, Sri Guru Pada Puja was performed, as well as the chanting of Amma’s 108 Names.
Upon [...]

12 July 2008 – McLean, Virginia, USA
Amma was welcomed to the D.C. Metropolitan Area by Fairfax County Supervisor John Faust. “All her life Amma has offered her every thought, word and deed for the benefit of others,” he said. “Amma is known and respected around the world for her charitable and humanitarian efforts. Through her [...]

9 July 2008 — New York City, NY, USA
Amma was welcomed to New York by Ramu Damodaran, chief of the Civil Society Service of the United Nations Department of Public Information, and Anika Rahman, the President of Americans for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA).
After garlanding Amma, both dignitaries addressed the capacity [...]

5 July 2008 — Lombard, Illinois, USA

Amma was welcomed to the Chicago area by Dr. Sharon Hahs, the President of Northeastern Illinois University.
Dr. Hahs and Northeastern faculty and students presented Amma with a series of sacred objects, culminating with Dr. Hahs reverently placing a blue wool blanket around Amma’s shoulders—a Native American tradition reserved for [...]

2 – 3 July 2008 — Coralville, Iowa, USA
The massive rains that recently hit America’s Midwest flooded a large portion of the region’s residential, commercial and farmlands. Although the waters have subsided considerably, the threat of more rain looms in the minds of many Midwesterners. Furthermore, there is the matter of the billions of dollars [...]

30 June 2008 — Addison, Texas, USA
Grammy Award-winning Country and Bluegrass artist Jim Lauderdale met Amma in the summer of 2005 after being told about her by a tai-chi teacher. Reflecting back, Lauderdale says, “He said, ‘You’ve got to go to San Ramon and see Amma; you’re not going to believe her singing and her [...]