As part of the global celebration of Amma's birthday on September 27, 2026, the Amma Center burrito project will deliver our signature homemade burrito lunches to shelters and to groups of unhoused people in Santa Fe. To honor this special day, we will include gifts of needed and requested items for each of the groups. We deeply hope to spread the fragrance of compassion, understanding and peace to the most vulnerable in our community.
Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri wrote about the global initiative:
"As you know, on 27 September 2026 we will gather at Amritapuri to celebrate Amma's 73rd birthday. Yet Amma's own wish is that this day be remembered not for its festivity alone. What brings her the deepest joy is to see her children reach out to those who are suffering, the poor, the forgotten, the ones waiting for a kind hand. In this spirit, we have named this year's celebration Vishwa Seva Dinam, 'A Day of Selfless Service.' Let us offer Amma the gift she truly treasures, and let our hands become an extension of her compassion in the world."
