Mata Amritanandamayi Math

rdf:langString Mata Amritanandamayi Math

rdf:langString Mata Amritanandamayi Math

rdf:langString Mata Amritanandamayi Math

rdf:langString A global humanitarian conglomerate under the leadership of Amma, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi.

rdf:langString Amritapuri, Oachira, Kollam district, Kerala,

rdf:langString tyagenaike amrtatvam anashuh — "By renunciation alone immortality is attained."

rdf:langString Spiritual, Humanitarian, Education

rdf:langString Worldwide

rdf:langString The Mata Amritanandamayi Math (MAM) is an international charitable organization aimed at the spiritual and material upliftment of humankind. It was founded by Indian spiritual leader and humanitarian Mata Amritanandamayi in 1981, with its headquarters in Paryakadavu, Alappad Panchayat, Kollam district, Kerala. Along with its sister organization, the Mata Amritanandamayi Mission Trust, MAM conducts charitable work including disaster relief, healthcare for the poor, environmental programs, fighting hunger and scholarships for impoverished students, amongst others. It also runs the seven-campus university known as Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, 90 chain of English medium CBSE schools known as Amrita Vidyalayam, and classes in yoga, meditation and Sanskrit. MAM is a volunteer organization, basing its activities on the principle of karma yoga [work as an offering to the divine]. Its headquarters are home to more than 3,000 people, a mix of householders, monastics and monastic students. People make the pilgrimage to MAM every day in order to receive the blessings of Mata Amritanandamayi. MAM, along with Amritanandamayi's other centers and organizations throughout the world function collectively under the umbrella title of Embracing the World.