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| '''Mātā Amritanandamayī Devi''', also known by her followers as 'Amma', 'Ammachi' or 'Mother' ([[September 27]], [[1953]] - ), is an [[India]]n spiritual leader and is considered by many to be a [[Ascetic|Holy Person]] or [[Saint]]. She is a widely respected [[humanitarian]] and called by some ''the hugging saint'' [http://www.latimes.com/broadband/wif/la-0624weekinphotos-pg,0,5009716.photogallery?coll=la-headlines-wif&index=8]. | | {{subpages}} |
| | '''Mātā Amritanandamayī Devi''', also known by her followers as "Amma", "Ammachi" or "Mother" ([[September 27]], 1953 - ), is an [[India]]n spiritual leader and is considered by many to be a [[ascetic|holy person]] or [[saint]]. She is a widely respected [[humanitarian]] and called by some "the hugging saint".<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/broadband/wif/la-0624weekinphotos-pg,0,5009716.photogallery?coll=la-headlines-wif&index=8 LA Times]</ref> |
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| ''[[Amrita]]'' means ''Eternal'' and ''Ananda'' means ''[[Happiness]]'' in [[Sanskrit]], therefore her name literally means ''The Mother who is eternally happy''. | | ''[[Amrita]]'' means "eternal" and ''Ananda'' means "[[happiness]]" in [[Sanskrit]]; therefore her name literally means "the mother who is eternally happy". |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| #[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3136524.stm BBC-News article about Amritanandamayi]
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| #[http://www.amritapuri.org/disaster/hurricane.php Hurricane relief]
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| #[http://www.amritapuri.org/tsunami/tsunami.php Tsunami relief]
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| #[http://www.amritapuri.org/social/social.php Social Service]
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| #''Amma: Healing the Heart of the World'' by [[Judith Cornell]], (William Morrow & Company, ISBN 0-688-17079-X)
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| #''Messages from Amma: In the Language of the Heart by [[Janine Canan]] (Ten Speed Press, ISBN 1-58761-214-3)
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| # ''Department of Health issues measles warning'': [http://www.health.wa.gov.au/press/view_press.cfm?id=575 CDNA]
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| #''Getting to Joy: A Western Householder's Spiritual Journey with Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi) by [[Karuna Poole]] (Shantini Center, ISBN 0-9643629-2-9)
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| http://amritapuri.amrita.edu[[User:Nachiketa|Nachiketa]] 13:51, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.amritapuri.org/ Amritapuri.org] (official mission site - India)
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| *[http://keralaarticles.blogspot.com/2006/12/mata-amritanada-mayi-keralas-own-saint.html Life of Mata Amritananda Mayi]
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| *[http://www.amma.org/ Amma.org] (official mission site - USA)
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| *[http://www.amrita.edu Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University)]
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| *[http://www.aimshospital.org/ AIMS Hospital (Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre)]
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| *[http://ammaslove.blogspot.com/2005/08/108-names-of-amma-amritanandamayi.html Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi] (''Ottur Unni Namboothiripad'', the Author of the Great Verses.)
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| *[http://www.the-week.com/23sep21/cover.htm Embracing the world] (''The Week'' cover feature)
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| *[http://www.rickross.com/groups/amma.html Amma] (The Rick Ross Institute)
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| *[http://www.apologeticsindex.org/a114.html Mata Amritanandamayi Devi] (Apologetics Index)
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| *[http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/darshantheembrace/ ''Darshan the Embrace'' Trailer]
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| *[http://hinduism.about.com/cs/gurussaints/a/aa092803a.htm Global Guru Amma]
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| [[Category:1953 births|Amritanandamayi, Mata]]
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| [[Category:Hindu revivalists|Amritananadmayi, Amma]]
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