Amma's Summer Tour to N.America
Dates and Venues

Amma in North America: Please check here for Tour dates and Venues. A lot of work goes into making Amma’s North American Tour go smoothly and everybody's help and involvement will be needed. If you would like to help out, kindly take a moment and fill out this seva form. It will help us understand your availability.

Experience with Amma
A brief excerpt from the book "Sacred Journey" - By Swamini Krishnamritaprana

Even though it was clear to her that Amma was a Mahatma (a great soul), she felt that even Amma was not able to overcome her terrible depression. She felt doomed by her illness, like she was in a prison with no way out.

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Satsang of the Month
Congratulations to the Seattle satsang for their contribution to society!

Current Projects:
1) Auction - Like it does every year, the satsang just finished its (10th) Annual Auction fundraiser on a successful note. Funds were being raised to bring Amma once again to the Northwest Region to spread her message of love and service through her incomparable example of self-sacrifice and unconditional love. One of the greatest insights that this effort gave, was that if we just spent a few minutes looking within and around us, we would find surprisingly simple ways of being useful. The satsang members asked themselves, "What can I contribute?" and answered back with offers to bidders of simple acts such as cooking and delivering a homemade meal, teaching a dance, housecleaning or yard-work, in addition to professional services.

2) Mother's Kitchen - Dressed in aprons with pictures of Amma, the volunteers serve individually or collectively home cooked meals to 45 men and 45 women in two separate shelters in downtown Seattle, on the second Sunday of each month. From reactions such as "Oh, you don't have any meat?" six months ago to "Wow, this vegetarian stuff is really good" and "Can you tell me more about Mother's Kitchen/Amma?" they have come a long way. Recently, we started providing them with used clothing and cosmetic samples. They recognize and appreciate these little acts as an extension of our love for them. They are so appreciative that it sometimes brings tears to our hearts. But we are probably the ones benefiting the most from this relationship. These men and women teach us how much we take things in our lives for granted - from little things like fresh (not powdered) milk to having a roof above our heads.

3) Amrita Kudumbam This is a recent initiative to spread the light of love and service to our friends and families who are not necessarily familiar with Amma. Satsang volunteers organize an evening of prayer and singing of devotional songs, followed by dinner, in the homes of different devotees who would like to invite their own friends outside of the regular weekly Satsang. This is also done at the homes of friends if they so desire. Volunteers provide altar set-up services and sing with devotion in a sincere effort to uplift the hearts of all the listeners. On two occasions in the last few months, the satsang was asked by a deeply spiritual and humanitarian elderly Punjabi gentleman who attends the Satsangs, to come and sing at his home. Twenty to thirty of his family members hosted and provided the satsang with a beautiful opportunity to share our love and sing prayers for the benefit of the suffering humanity. It is our hope that we can spread love and a sense of selfless service through our community of friends, building little by little, growing pockets of love across the globe.

4) Other projects include Food Lifeline - Many in the satsang volunteer two hours of their time to participate in this organization's repackaging and distribution of donated food to local food banks and homeless shelters. The Craft Project - In an effort to contribute providing clothing and community to those in need, the satsang volunteers make handmade items (meditation pillows, Amma dolls, amulets, etc.) for Amma's bookstore as well as hats, scarves and afghans for Seattle's homeless and local Katrina victims who chose to relocate to the Seattle area. Regional Craft Weekends periodically and ongoing crafting events throughout the year are held. The Circle of Love project - In times of distress, there is nothing more soothing than hearing a kind word that gives us strength and support. The satsang volunteers try to be aware of and alert to the emotional well being of people in our Satsang by doing little things like sending cards to people who are ill or have lost their dear ones. Maintaining a strong healthy Satsang family is the key in the long run to being able to serve society in the ambitious ways to which we are committed.

Gems to Treasure
God in Person - By Tukaram
Tukaram was a great Indian saint who lived in the 17th century

He who identifies
With the battered and the beaten
Mark him as a saint
For God is with him

The good man's mind
Is soft outside
And soft inside
Say it's like butter

He holds
Every forsaken man
Close to his heart
he treats
a slave
as his own son

Says Tuka -
I won't be tired
To repeat again
Such a man
Is God
in person.

Events & Satsangs
Events and satsangs across North America.

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