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An Introduction to Sri Karunamayi- ****AMMA**** .. Amma's Story~~ Born in the traditional South India of 1958, Sri Karunamayi spent a childhood immersed in an atmosphere of prayer and worship created by her deeply spiritual parents. Both of her parents had received visions indicating that Sri Karunamayi was not an ordinary child, and her astrological chart indicated that she would dedicate her life to serving humanity.Naturally inclined toward charity as a child, Sri Karunamayi, or "Amma," would often give away food and clothes to whoever needed them. When a family servant contracted cholera, a deadly contagious disease, Amma tended closely to the servant without concern for her own safety. To the delight and amazement of Ammas family, the servant survived the illness and recovered quickly, despite the doctors dire prognosis. One time, during a religious festival, Amma came to know that some poor people who had come had not eaten in several days. Amma immediately brought and served them some food that had been prepared by her grandmother specifically to be offered to God during a special ceremony. When her grandmother saw what she had done, Amma told her, "Ammamma, today you have done a very good thing. This is how the food so nicely prepared by you has been accepted by the Lord in the form of these people." Ammas grandmother was moved by her granddaughters universal outlook, and quickly brought out the remainder of the food for distribution to all who wanted it. [Ammas biography is available in the online Bookstore at www.karunamayi.org]As a child, Amma enjoyed helping her mother by making flower garlands by hand for her mothers daily practice of worship to Lord Rama. She also delighted in hearing Sanskrit prayers and verses sung by her father. Though she had never studied Sanskrit, she would often surprise her father with spontaneous insights into the inner spiritual meaning of the verses. When Ammas parents invited learned scholars to their home to give teachings, these scholars were often shocked by her deep insight and understanding. ********* The Sri Karunamayi Free Hospital ..** Current Activities **Emerging from her relative seclusion, she was invited by a devotee to stay in Bangalore, where a simple building was constructed to house a temple as well as living quarters. She began giving public discourses on various aspects of Sanatana Dharma, India's ancient spirituality, and conducting sacred ceremonies to promote world peace and universal well-being. As these discourses began attracting more and more people, she also began working toward fulfilling her dream of bringing medical care to the villagers of the Penusila area by arranging for free medical camps and initiating construction of a free hospital. .. .. .. .. **********In 1995, Amma was invited to come to America to give public programs, and since then she has returned to the US every year to give teachings and blessings, hold meditation retreats, and perform sacred fire ceremonies for the benefit of the world. During her visits to each city, people come by the hundreds to express their worries and problems and to request blessings or guidance. Ammas feeling, as she comforts each person like a mother, is that even her sari has become sacred because she has used it to wipe away the tears from her children's eyes. Amma often likes to say that her only work in this world is to remove the suffering from the hearts of her children. This she does through her kind, loving words of spiritual guidance and encouragement, her healing touch, and her divine knowledge and insight. Today, Amma divides her time between the US, Europe and India, fulfilling her lifes mission of providing comfort, solace, and spiritual guidance to all who come to her.