Sri. Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma), Chancellor of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, participated in the Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities’ first forum, ‘Child Dignity in the Digital World’.
Right Honourable Helen Clark, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) delivers opening address. Spiritual leader Amma delivers keynote address at UN conference on technology for sustainable development.
Amma’s Speech on Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery delivered at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican City, Rome on December 2, 2014.
Stanford University hosted a rare event in which, world renowned humanitarian leader and our Chancellor, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma), in a dialogue with leading neurosurgeon Dr. James Doty in the packed Memorial Auditorium, shares deep insight into the immense power of compassion, whether it is in science, technology, business, or in fact, in any sphere of human activity.
Amma inaugurated the Swami Vivekananda Sarda Shati Samaroh, the 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi. In her speech, Amma said “We have learned to fly like birds and swim like fish, but we have forgotten to how to walk and live like human beings. Today we have knowledge, but no awareness. We have information, but no discriminative thinking.”
“When we engage others with respect, understanding and acceptance, then we will be able to communicate at the level of the heart” said Amma in her address at the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations’ (UNAOC) Regional Consultations for Asia-South Pacific, being held in Shanghai.
In December 2009, renowned spiritual leader and humanitarian Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma) gave the Inaugural Address for the opening of the Vivekananda Foundation International Centre in New Delhi, India. This booklet provides the transcript of that speech, translated by senior disciple Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri. The speech offers inspiring wisdom on creating interreligious harmony, the proper role of education, pride for one’s motherland, and the enormous potential of today’s youth.
“Making Way for the Feminine for the Benefit of the World”, Amma addresses Jaipur International Women’s Summit.
An Address At Cinema Verite’s 2007 Film Festival, 12 October 2007, Paris, France. Inspired By The Depiction Of Amma In Jan Kounen’s 2005 Documentary Darshan: The Embrace, The French Film Association Cinema Verite Presented Amma With Its 2007 Prix Cinema Verite For Her Contributions In Fostering World Peace And Harmony
Amma was presented with the Interfaith Center of New York’s 4th Annual James Parks Morton Interfaith Award. The Interfaith Center of New York (ICNY) bestowed the award upon Amma for her outstanding role as a spiritual leader and humanitarian, citing in specific her Ashram’s massive relief work in the wake of the 2004 tsunami. As part of the award ceremony, Amma delivered an address on intra-religious understanding and collaboration.
