Meet Amma, the "Hugging Saint" for a personal blessing

"Mata Amritanandamayi…is fast becoming a world-renowned spiritual leader like Mother Teresa or Mohandas Gandhi.” -Reuters News



World-renowned humanitarian and spiritual leader Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma) is known as the “Hugging Saint” by the international media for personally hugging 33 million people all over the world. Recently Jim Carrey met Amma in Los Angeles and tweeted about his experience, “I was feeling down about life'n'love. Then I met a woman named Ammachi and she gave me back my smile. Darkness cannot compete with her. ;^)”

The CBS TV Primetime Special, "In God’s Name" profiled Amma as one the twelve most influential religious leaders in the world.

Programs include guided meditation, devotional singing, and a spiritual talk by Amma offering practical solutions for personal fulfillment as well as the most pressing challenges facing today’s world. Program attendees also have the opportunity to receive Amma’s darshan—a spiritual blessing in the form of a physical motherly embrace. The program also includes a private retreat where participants get to learn the Integrated Amrita Meditation technique, listen to spiritual discourses by Amma and her senior monks and get served dinner by Amma herself.

Dates:

July 15

10am – Meditation and individual blessings
7:30pm – Spiritual discourse, inspirational music and meditation followed by individual blessings

July 18 - 7pm – Spiritual discourse followed by a prayer ceremony to promote peace and well-being for the whole world. Individual blessings begin around 9pm.

Limited shuttle service available from local commuter rail station
Numbered tokens for individual blessings are distributed 1 hr before program. Tokens are limited by time constraints.

For more information, please visit  http://www.ammanewengland.org/tour or call 716-226-6223

Additional information about Amma and her charitable work: www.amma.org or www.embracingtheworld.org