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Amma Sri Karunamayi (born 1958)[1] is a Hindu spiritual leader. Sri Karunamayi travels internationally promoting meditation.[2]
Early lifeEdit
Amma Karunamayi was born in South India in 1958. Karunamayi's mother was a devotee of Sri Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi. On one rare occasion Ramana whispered to Karunamayi's mother that she would give birth to "Thai" or the divine mother who would help heal the planet.
Leaving homeEdit
In 1980, at the age of twenty-one, Karunamayi walked to the remote Penusila Forest, considered to be sacred, where a number of India's ancient sages had meditated over many hundreds of years. It is believed that Kanva Maharshi, the compiler of several Rig Vedic hymns, undertook penance at the nearby Sri Penusila Narasimhaswamy temple at the foot of a hill in Penchalakona village in Rapur mandal of Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh (70 km from the town of Nellore). In the forest she lived according to principles established by India's ancient Vedic sages. She rose before dawn and bathed with cold river water. Wearing only a simple cotton sari, she would meditate in one of the forest's many sacred groves.
AvatarEdit
She is called Amma by her devotees, which means "mother" in Amma's native Telugu language.
TeachingEdit
ProgramsEdit
Amma Karunamayi created several charitable programs to help the rural poor and disenfranchised in the extremely poor Andra Pradesh area where her ashram is located. These provide free educational facilities, housing projects, clean water programs, a free hospital, mobile medical clinics, emergency relief programs, food and clothing donations, and free housing for people who had been dispossessed of their land.[1]
Television programEdit
Karunamayi has a weekly television program, transmitted in India on Gemini TV and also on Bhakti TV.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b Jestice, Phyllis G. (2004). Holy people of the world: a cross-cultural encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 466–7. ISBN 978-1-57607-355-1. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ Jarman, Josh (8 June 2007). "Hindu leader preaches power of meditation". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. "Sri Karunamayi Amma, a Hindu spiritual leader";
