5 July 2002, Iowa Amma visited Iowa for the first time on the fifth of July, a Friday, the day after America’s Independence Day. Of the people who filled the hall, many had met Amma before, but the majority had not, and almost a thousand new children came to Mother that morning. Most of Mother’s [Read more... click the article link above]

9 June 2002, San Ramon The question is simple: Can committed, Torah-observant Jews, in good conscience, come to Amma? Judaism embraces a broad spectrum of people. Many people in the Jewish tradition speak of their identification with Judaism as a connection with their home culture, not only or not exactly with a religion. So nobody [Read more... click the article link above]

6 June 2002,San Ramon-Continued from ‘Torah – Observant Devotees’ But what about this kneeling business – granted, on one level it is simply the physical position necessary if you’re going to nestle into the lap of a seated person. (In fact, in India where the immense crowds necessitate a much faster pace, Mother often sits [Read more... click the article link above]

4 June 2002, San Ramon, CA Today was the first day of programs at Amma’s San Ramon ashram. Before Amma began giving satsang this evening, She asked if it would be enough if She simply answered any questions Her children might have, rather than giving a discourse as She usually does at the beginning of [Read more... click the article link above]

1 June 2002,Seattle Mother enters the States in Seattle, holds a day of public programs and a three-day retreat, and the “US Summer Tour” is begun. When She reaches the venue for the first morning program, as will be the case for every morning program for the next month and a half, there is a [Read more... click the article link above]

Amma visited Japan in may of 2002

20 May 2002,Final Darshans in Amritapuri It’s been this way for 16 years now. When the Monsoon comes, all of Amma’s Indian devotees know it is time to come to Amritapuri for one last darshan. After stopping public darshan for one week in order to spend time with the ashramites who stay behind during Her [Read more... click the article link above]