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Amrita Live-in-Labs would help awaken compassion in the youth
Amrita University launched a pioneering experiential learning programme – ‘Amrita Live-in-Labs’ – that encourages the youth to live and experience the problems in the country’s villages. The scheme envisages students of Amrita as well as international students from some of the best universities of the world to live in Indian villages for six months to…
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Showering “kisses” in Detroit, Michigan
Amma and the group arrived in Detroit on Nov. 24th with the programs beginning the very next day. If it was rain in San Ramon, it was the first snow shower for the season in Detroit. Seemed like Mother Nature wanted to join Amma in showering love on Her children. The five-day visit to…
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Quenching the drought with Love in San Ramon, California
Amma and the group arrived in San Ramon ashram in the evening of Nov 17th after a long flight from Barcelona, Spain. It was a full day of darshan the very next day. The local county had declared a drought for the region, for it had not received rain for months. The very next day,…
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Amma to donate $1 million to Philippines typhoon victims
26 Nov 2013, California Amma said that she is donating a relief and rehabilitation package worth $1 million for the people affected by super typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Half of the relief package from the Mata Amritanandamayi Math (MAM) will be donated in cash while the rest will be spent for children’s education. The…
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View the world from our heart, ugliness will disappear
13-15 Nov, Barcelona, Spain – Europe Yatra 2013 The Palau d’Esports in Granollers, the city situated in the outskirts of Barcelona, was the venue of Amma’s program in Spain held from November 13 to 15. Amma was accorded a grand welcome by hundreds of her Spanish children as she reached the venue, with the chanting…
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Love and patience are like two sides of the same coin
November 9–11, Milano, Italy – 2013 Europe Yatra Milan, one of the largest urban areas in Europe, celebrated its turn to host Amma’s programs this year. The crowds in the previous program of Toulon were certainly large, but in Milan the crowds never stopped. Every time Amma descended the staircase into the hall, there was…
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In order to grow we must become a child
Nov 04-06 – Toulon, France – Europe Yatra 2013 The coastal city of Toulon, France, was the ninth stop of the 6 week long 2013 Europe Tour. When Amma arrived at the Zenith Omega Hall after a ten-hour drive from Mannheim, Germany, it seemed as if the program had already begun, as hundreds of hard…
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Hugging Saint on All Saint’s Day in Mannheim
November 1-2, Mannheim, Germany – Europe Yatra 2013 Upon arriving at the Maimarkt Halle from Holland, Amma spent her ‘day off’ by serving a Prasad dinner to all the local devotees and tour staff that had spent the day hard at work preparing the hall for Amma’s program. After personally distributing food to everyone, Amma…
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Devotion and selfless service are two faces of the same coin
Amma in Holland Oct 28-30, Houten, Holland – Europe Yatra 2013 The Expo Houten, in the Netherlands, became the seventh stop of Amma’s 26th European Tour. As Amma arrived at the hall on the evening before the program was to begin, rows and rows of Dutch devotees waited at the entrance to welcome her. After…
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Amma reaches our hearts, embraces Berlin
Oct 25-26 – Berlin, Germany – Europe Yatra 2013 After a drive of over 1100 km from London, Amma arrived in Berlin in the wee hours of Friday, October 25th, the same day that her program there was to begin. Nevertheless, Amma was right on time for her first program at the Velodrom, which at…