London, 27 Oct 2008
British Member of Parliament, Lynne Featherstone, came to meet Amma. She said: “Amma has dedicated her life in helping others, Amma is living proof that equality and the belief that people should not be discriminated against due to their gender, race or cast is a universal one. Amma shows that a sense [...]

29 Oct 2008, France
GreenFriends France taken up a reforestation project to make the French Ashram a place where devotees and visitors can get in touch with nature and develop a deep sense of unity with. The reforesting of the property is one of the steps which will help bring about this new perception. A small [...]

London, 29 Oct 2008,
AYUDH group in UK while celebrating their 1st anniversary, started a garden project as part of GreenFriends in an effort to grow fruits in their own private gardens. This project is an effort to raise awareness that one need to produce one’s own food and a little extra for others too.
The [...]

20 Oct 2008, Nagano, Japan
Location of the 1998 Winter Olympics, Nagano is a mountainous area that receives large amounts (over 3m!) of snow each winter. This idyllic rural location became the backdrop for this year’s Japan retreat, with Swami Purnamritananda held at the Beech Meadows in the Nabekura Highlands. Despite the remoteness of the location, [...]

18 Oct 2008, Kobe, Japan
Swami Purnamritananda Puri arrived in Kobe, Japan on the morning of October 11th conducting the first program of his month long tour in Japan this year at Sanda Satonone Hall.
The program began with an introductory video about Amma’s Tsunami Relief work and the Japanese Student Volunteers who participate in the housing [...]

Paris, France – 25 Oct 2008
With the humongous crowds Amma’s Paris programs this year were a literal celebration for the French devotees. Amma hit the headlines of almost all the media giants of the country such as  “France 3″, “Cap 24″, “LCI” “Canal+,” “Le Parisien”, “Direct Matin”, “20 Minutes”, “RTL Radio” and “France Inter”. In [...]

News Winterthur, Switzerland,  21 Oct 2008
The City of Winterthur in Switzerland is the beautiful setting for Amma’s program for the 4th year in a row. For this joyful yearly occasion people from neighbouring countries like Germany, Italy and France took the opportunity to be in Amma’s presence also amongst the thousands of Swiss devotees.
Ms.Chitra Narayanan, [...]

News Toulon, France – 17 Oct 2008
The 3-day program took place in Toulon, France in the large concert venue
‘Omega Zenith’ which is a national monument and like every year large number of people came to meet Amma and stood in line for hours to receive Her darshan. This year’s program in Toulon marked the 10th [...]

Members of the government approached Amma for advice regarding the inner psychological state of members of the Indian paramilitary forces. Amma decided to reach out to them through providing IAM Technique classes for the entire forces of the country – 2.5 million strong.
The original IAM Techinque was modified to suit them and enable them to [...]

9 Oct, Germany – Europe Yatra 2008
The German Ashram, about one hour from the Frankfurt Airport. Amma went around the ashram which is surrounded by beautiful hills, apple trees and has several horses. Amma went to the stables to feed and softly caress all the horses there.
Amma gave prasad to devotees  who were all waiting [...]