25 Dec 2025, Amritapuri Ashram
Christmas was celebrated with great enthusiasm by Amma’s children around the world. In fact, preparations began days in advance. Devotees decorated Amma’s pathway with rows of lamps and lights, creating a gentle, festive glow.
During darshan, groups from different countries offered Christmas songs, filling the hall with carols and gratitude. On Christmas Eve, devotees presented cultural programs and dances, weaving together traditions with a spirit of unity.
Amma then delivered her Christmas message, sang a bhajan, and even danced—lifting every heart with a mother’s playful joy.
Speaking on the occasion, Amma said: “Festivals hold a special place in life. They arrive bearing messages of meaningful values that help shape and build our lives. While the outer celebrations are important, it is their inner spiritual messages that should touch and awaken our hearts. They are reminders for us to pause a bit, reflect and renew our inner journey.
“Festivals gain greater importance when they are connected to the lives of mahātmās who spread love and light among ordinary people. Christmas, which celebrates the birth of Jesus, is such a festival. Christmas is a festival of love, joy and compassion. But love, joy and compassion are not like mangoes that appear only in a particular season. We need to be able to experience and embrace them at all times. Festivals remind us of the values we often prefer to forget.
“If we merely glorify the greatness of mahātmās but show indifference towards practicing their teachings in our lives, it serves no purpose—neither for us nor for the world.
“Beyond its rituals and ceremonies, Christmas carries a silent yet powerful call. Christmas calls us to live with awareness, to love more deeply and to act with greater kindness and compassion.
“When forgiveness replaces criticism, compassion replaces indifference, and hope replaces despair—when these qualities reflect in our words, looks, and actions—then the radiance of our inner light increases.
“May the lives of mahātmās renew our minds and make us messengers of peace. Even after the celebrations end, may that light continue to shine within us and illuminate both our paths and the paths of others. May divine grace bless us all.
“Life is as fleeting as a bubble in water. Yet we live our lives pampering our ego. It can burst at any moment. Our next breath is not in our hands. Even to close our mouth after yawning, we need the grace of the unseen power behind that action. Understanding this, let us cultivate surrender and become vessels worthy of grace” prayed Amma.
-Kannadi
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