Meeting Amma

Amma makes herself available to everyone who wants to meet her in person, comforting, consoling and uplifting thousands of people day after day. Holding each and everyone close to her heart in a tender embrace. Amma showers her boundless love to all, regardless of their beliefs, who they are or why they have come to her.

Through this simple yet powerful expression of unconditional love and acceptance, Amma is transforming the lives of countless people, helping their heart to blossom, one embrace at a time. In the past 30 years, Amma has hugged 26 million people from every corner of the global.

Being with Amma is a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with your own spirit in the presence of one of the greatest souls of our time. Amma does not ask anyone to change their faith, but gently guides you to a deeper understanding and experience of your own true self. The meetings have a relaxed and festive flair. Everyone is welcome and will have the opportunity to receive Amma’s embrace (known as Darshan).

“I felt a sublime energy within me when she hugged me. For the first time I understood the essence of unconditional love.
I felt like flying without wings.”
Yolanda King, daughter of late Martin Luther King

“Your embrace is not just to comfort the suffering, but is a gift of strength and spiritual energy to all who work to embrace the world.”
Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Champbell, former Executive Director of United States Office of the World Council of Churches