Meeting Amma- Darshan
 The Sanskrit term darshan means, "vision",
and it is used to describe the meeting with a holy person, especially
a Self Realized master. Amma's darshan in unique. As the embodiment
of supreme motherhood, she welcomes every person who comes to her,
listens to his or her problems, offers advice and guidance, and
brings reassurance to a troubled heart.
Over time, Amma's popularity has risen to the point where in India
she has been known to individually hug over 50,000 people in one
day, sitting sometimes for over 20 hours. Amma travels all around
the world to receive all her children around the globe.
Timothy Conway, Ph.D., author of the book Women of Power and Grace,
describes Amma as "one of the most glorious lights to appear
in the history of religion. Just her stamina - embracing these millions
of people one by one, day after day, without a break, all over the
world-is some kind of divine gift. No mere human resources could
accomplish this."
As Judith Cornell, an internationally acclaimed speaker, and an
award winning writer, in her book, "Amma Healing the Heart
of the World", says, "for eleven years, I had simply perceived
Amma, as a sweet "Hugging Saint." As my limited vision
expanded, it was awesome to discover that Amma was one of India's
most illustrious sages. She heals on a massive scale - Far beyond
that of any saint or healer, I had ever known or read about."
One of Amma's senior disciples says, "Mother is an extraordinary
saint, in the number of people she intentionally instills spirituality
into - even to extent of hugging every single person who comes to
her. Basically, every one is potentially what Mother is. Mother's
presence is invoking that reality (of divinity) within that person."
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