Amma’s senior-most disciple, Swami Amritaswarupananda, explains why Guru Purnima is the most sacred day in the Indian calendar. “Religious texts of all faiths present God as the embodiment of compassion, love, selflessness and other noble qualities. But is it possible to speak with God? Can that Divinity be seen, touched, felt and experienced? It...Continue Reading
5th July 2020 Today is Gurupurnima. The birthday of the Supreme Guru Vedavyasa. Vedavyasa who categorised the Vedas in a specific way. We celebrate the birthday of Bhagavan Vyasa who authored the Mahabharata, the Brahmasutra, the eighteen Puranas and so on as the day of paying homage to the lineage of Gurus. The Sadguru is the one who...Continue Reading
June 22, 2020 – Amritapuri It has been five years since the United Nations started observing International Yoga Day. During this brief time, yoga as a practice has gained an astonishing amount of acknowledgement and popularity. Most nations have acknowledged that yoga boosts physical health and stimulates emotional and intellectual growth. Similar to Ayurveda, yoga...Continue Reading
NEWS RELEASE Online Meditation, Yoga & Satsang LIVE from Amritapuri – June 18, 2020 – Amrita Silent Retreats is thrilled to announce the launch of our New Online Program of Meditation, Yoga and Satsang (Spiritual Talks) LIVE from Amritapuri, India. As a response to the current pandemic and travel restrictions, Amma has initiated this program...Continue Reading
Never forget the lessons that Nature has taught us during these times 29 May 2020, Amritapuri ~from Amma’s message during corona times All of us are looking forward to the day when we can reclaim our freedom from the clutches of the COVID-19 virus. Everyone is waiting for the day when we can welcome a...Continue Reading
We should try to see others’ pain as our own, see them as a part of ourselves, and establish a heart-connection with them. 24 May 2020, Amritapuri ~from Amma’s message during corona times Once when Amma was on the North Indian tour, we broke the journey and stopped to have lunch. Food had been prepared....Continue Reading
₹10 crores will go to the PM CARES Fund and ₹3 crores to Kerala’s CMDR Fund. Amma says humankind must live in better harmony with Nature to prevent future calamities. Amrita Hospital is providing free treatment for COVID-19 patients An interdisciplinary team constituting 60 faculty members of Amrita University are researching ways for various scalable...Continue Reading
“During this time, when the entire world is reeling in the darkness of the COVID-19 pandemic, let each of us come together to light the lamp of hope, compassion and unity. The virus is filling us internally and externally with the poison of fear and anxiety. To destroy it, we have to ignite our inner...Continue Reading
Amriteswari Society is one of more than 250 religious organisations that signed the “Commitment to Safeguard Religious Harmony in Singapore”, which was presented to the President of Singapore 19 June 2019 at the International Conference on Cohesive Societies. Prior to this on 29th May, the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth that had prepared the statement, held...Continue Reading
Question: Why do the scriptures give so much importance to seeing and being physically close to a mahatma (spiritually enlightened being)? Amma: Mahatmas are those who have become one with the eternal truth underlying the universe. We must not consider them ordinary mortals. They are the visible manifestations of God. Even though God is...Continue Reading
