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Amma's New Year's Message

For the New Year, Amma shared a message with her children — a gentle reminder to meet life's changing seasons with equanimity and an open heart.

"Ups and downs are the very nature of life. Spirituality is the science that teaches us to happily accept everything."

— Amma

Amma encourages us to see difficulties not as sources of despair, but as stepping stones to growth — and to practice compassion and kindness as expressions of our fundamental unity with all beings. May the year ahead be one of awareness, acceptance and love.

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When Amma visited Barcelona this November, she was presented with an award from the Spanish NGO “Corazón Solidario” (A Caring Heart). The organization identifies and honors one person each year for their humanitarian work as an exceptional human being. This year, Corazón Solidario honored our beloved Amma for her life of service to others and her humanitarian work that helps millions of people all over the world. The president of the NGO, Emilio Álvarez, handed this Award to Amma.

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Amma's Visit to Winterthur, Switzerland is always a special one. The people of Switzerland go to great lengths to celebrate their heritage and offer traditional performances as offerings to Amma. In this way, in a gymnasium in Winterthur, the heritage of Switzerland meets the heritage of India, and both are celebrated and honored.
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AYUDH’s 12th annual European Youth Summit “One World. One Home” took place from 16th-24th July at the MA Center in Brombachtal near Frankfurt, Germany. Playing host to 300 young people from over 27 countries, the summit provided a unique platform for personal development, intercultural dialogue and creative expression. Each day was dedicated to a different aspect of home: diversity, inclusion, connection, equality, self-transformation, sustainability, peace and a shared vision.

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The Science of Compassion - A Documentary on Amma by Shekhar Kapur
 

World-renowned film director, actor and producer Shekhar Kapur today officially launched a new documentary about Amma titled The Science of Compassion. The film was shot at Amritapuri Ashram in September 2013, during Amma’s 60th birthday celebrations. The film is available for free viewing on Shekhar Kapur’s You Tube channel.

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Burrito Project at M.A.Center, LA

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It was in March 2014, two months after the MA Center LA opening, that a few sevites gathered at MA Center LA’s new commercial kitchen to make 50 burritos for the needy. This pilot project was launched because devotees were moved by recent articles documenting that Los Angeles has the largest chronic homeless population and the most children with food insecurity in the country. Devotees decided to honor Amma’s gift of a new kitchen by starting a new Mother’s Kitchen project to serve the needy. And so the Burrito Project was born.

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AYUDH at United Nations Youth Forum

AYUDH present at United Nations Youth Forum on the 60th Commission on the Status of Women

Ever since the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in New York last September, the world is now focusing its development and strategizing how best to meet these global efforts. Through Amma’s numerous charitable projects, all these global goals are emphasized in varying capacities, with an emphasis on SDG5, gender equality.

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AYUDH in UN Youth Forum

Five AYUDH Americas members attended a youth forum at the United Nations on February 1-2, 2016. The forum was led by the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and held within the Trusteeship Council Chamber at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The conference’s seating arrangement interspersed country representatives with youth delegates; this setup enabled participants to discuss ideas to implement the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030, particularly those targeted to youth. The AYUDH members served as representatives of AYUDH and M.A. Math at the forum.

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Ms. Evie Evangelou founder of Fashion 4 Development (F4D) awarded Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma) the “Medal of Honour” for more than 25 years of humanitarian work in the fields of human rights, health and well-being, including food, access to water and power, housing, medical care, and the right to education and skill-training.

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Amma — Mother, guide and a true role model to millions—has served the world for decades imparting wisdom, strength and inspiration. Her life is a constant reminder that peace, compassion, selflessness and the other universal values written in the hearts of humankind remain relevant. Through her extraordinary acts of love, inner-strength and self-sacrifice, she has endeared herself to millions and inspired them to follow her path of selfless service.

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What makes Amrita students special? Western science leads to knowledge. Eastern science leads to understanding. Amrita University has both Western and Eastern science in education.

Dr. Lee Hartwell

2001 Nobel Laureate