Los voluntarios han fundado el primer Centro MA del país para fomentar las enseñanzas de Amma para servir desinteresadamente a la humanidad y a nuestro mundo natural.

El primer centro de Amma en Italia, ahora conocido por todos como MA Center Italy, finalmente se ha hecho realidad. La propiedad está ubicada en el hermoso entorno natural de la localidad de Nebbiolo en el municipio de Gavi, Piamonte, a unos 60 km al norte de Génova. Cuenta con 20 hectáreas de terreno y se convertirá en un lugar de reunión para la comunidad italiana de Amma. Allí podrán compartir sus enseñanzas de amor y servicio desinteresado y luego trabajar juntos en las iniciativas humanitarias y ambientales que se propongan.

Amma said that poverty in rural areas is one of the key issues to address in terms of moving ahead as a society overall.

The Govt of India has appointed Amma as the Chair of the country’s Civil 20 (C20), an official engagement group of the Group of 20 (G20). The G20 is the premier intergovernmental forum for the world’s developed and emerging economies to address financial stability on a global basis. The C20 is its platform for civil society organizations (CSOs) to bring forth non-government and non-business voices to the G20 leaders.

India will assume the Presidency of the G20 for one year from December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023. The pinnacle of events is September 9-10, 2023 when the G20 Leaders’ Summit will take place in New Delhi at the level of Heads of State and Government. But in advance, India will host more than 200 meetings across the country, an endeavour that involves intense work by ministerial meetings, working groups, and engagement groups.

Amma dijo que la pobreza en las áreas rurales es uno de los temas clave a abordar para avanzar como sociedad en general.

El gobierno de la India ha designado a Amma como presidenta del grupo Civil 20 (C20) del país. Se trata de un grupo de compromiso oficial del Grupo de los 20 (G20). El G20 es el principal foro intergubernamental de las economías desarrolladas y emergentes del mundo para abordar la estabilidad financiera a nivel mundial. El C20 es su plataforma para que las organizaciones de la sociedad civil (OSC) presenten voces no gubernamentales y no empresariales a los líderes del G20.

India asumirá la Presidencia del G20 durante un año, del 1 de diciembre de 2022 al 30 de noviembre de 2023. El punto culminante de los eventos es el 9 y 10 de septiembre de 2023, cuando se llevará a cabo la Cumbre de Líderes del G20 en Nueva Delhi a nivel de jefes de Estado y Gobierno. Pero, previamente, India albergará más de 200 reuniones en todo el país, un esfuerzo que implica un trabajo intenso por parte de reuniones ministeriales, grupos de trabajo y grupos de compromiso.

Amma expressed that if we find happiness in others’ happiness and are sad in their sorrows, then we have found love.

Thousands of people from across India and around the world gathered in Amritapuri to celebrate Amma’s 69th birthday, and thousands more joined via a global webcast. Amma shared how the world faces a choice to transition to a better life for all after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amma explained many people have also expressed a wish to give Amma something on their own birthdays. She suggested planting trees and other native species in their neighbourhoods.

“Take a seed and put it in some soil with some manure and wrap it up in a piece of paper. Drop those seed balls in a place where they can sprout—either around your house or in some wooded area. The more saplings you can plant, the better. This would be the greatest gift you can give to Amma,” she said. In this way, hundreds of trees and plants would be sown every day, restoring balance to ecosystems on a global scale.

Amma also suggested that everyone clean one kilometre of public space on their birthday: “Sweep the area and clear away all the garbage. Amma’s ashram children can teach you about waste management so you will understand what to do with the waste.”

In terms of environmental actions, Amma encouraged her children to begin carpooling, a request she began 15 years ago. Carpooling saves money, fuel, reduces environmental pollution, and gradually reduces traffic accidents, including fatalities.

“Try to take at least two other people in your vehicle when you travel to work. But please make sure that they are not strangers; you should make sure that you are safe. You can also do the same kind of carpooling when you travel to a temple or when coming here to the Ashram,” she said.

Amma expanded her words to address the experience of humanity overall: “What securely maintains a bridge over a river are the strong concrete pillars on the two opposite banks. The bridge of life also has two banks—birth and death. As far as human life is concerned, both these are very important events.

“Unfortunately, during both these events, people are not in a state of awareness. Even while crossing the bridge of life—in the middle—people perform their actions in a dreamlike state. If only we were to conduct ourselves with a little more alertness and awareness, humankind would not find itself facing the extreme challenges and perils it does now.”

Amma continued, “When we live in this world and enjoy the delights and bounties of Nature, there is one mistake humans, consciously or unconsciously, tend to make. They forget that they have received all these as a gift from that supreme power, God. They forget the truth of Nature, the reflection of God.”

Amma said that people can begin to rectify these mistakes through small actions that reconnect us with Mother Nature. For example, they can support their local environments by dropping seed balls and planting saplings on their own birthdays. In this way, countless trees and plants will be sown every day, restoring balance to ecosystems on a global scale.

“We forget the invincible power of Nature. Over and above all, we forget the truth of love, which is the foundation of life. We may forget God and Nature in the hustle and bustle of daily life. But we should never forget love. Because only if we have true love will God and Nature shower their blessings upon us.”

Amma concluded, “If we find happiness in others’ happiness and are sad in their sorrows, then we have found love because love makes hearts beat in tandem. Love is life’s real capital. The greatest wealth that we can gain in life is love.”

Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri, Amma’s most senior disciple, also addressed the gathering. He said, “It has been 69 years since Amma was born, since her body in this form was born on this Earth. Amma’s body must be 69 years, yet she is ancient. The most amazing example of eternal youthfulness.”

Swamiji explained how through even the simplest of actions, Amma is a living example of how love transcends the human intellect and mind. It goes beyond all expectations, beyond all names and forms, and becomes as vast as the universe.

“When Amma gives darshan—while showering flower petals, while holding a baby—each hug, every single glance, each kiss is filled with 100% unadulterated love. Amma is love incarnate. God’s love in a human body, as Jane Goodall, the eminent primatologist and anthropologist observed. Ageless, ancient, without a beginning or end,” said Swamiji.

Amma arrived in the main hall at 10am and also led meditation and prayers for world peace. She then began giving her darshan of a motherly embrace to all who had come for the day’s festivities. Amma received the last visitor at around midnight and finally returned to her room after 14 hours.