trailer for DARSHAN: a film about Amma by Jan Kounen

http://www.amma.org/events/darshan-film.html
http://anothereality.jankounen.com/anglais/index.html
"Amma, who is frequently called the Indian Divine Mother, will celebrate her 50th birthday in September 2003. In India, Amma is considered to be a Saint.

This woman, who comes originally from a humble background, finances today more than 25,000 homes for women, mobile medical camps, as well as the Amrita Institute of Medical Science an Research Hospital (AIMS), which stands out as one of the best hospitals in India. She also manages orphanages and many schools. She finances her programmes with the donations that are collected during the celebrations (Puja, Homa, Bhajan, Darshan, Devi Bhava) that she organizes through the world. Her initiatives are appraised even in our western world (she was awarded the "Gandhi-King prize for non-violence" in October 2002). On the occasion of her fiftieth birthday, more than a hundred thousand people will gather for an exceptional four-day celebration, in Koshi, in Kerala, in the South of India. The film will more particularly focus on the celebration of the Darshan, during which Amma will be hugging several thousand people one by one, for more than 10 hours at a stretch. But what is "really" happening or going on, during this embrace?"
Jan Kounen
http://www.amma.org

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• amma
• ammachi
• darshan
• embrace
• movie
• film
• blessing
• Amma
• Mata
• Amritanandmayi
• Devi
• bhajan
• documentary

[jmereel23]

everytime i see amma i start to cry? why?

[angeladams]

perhaps because God is working through Amma...

and through you!

:-)

[Rebellious108]

All Gurus are God because they are united. All beings are God because the atma in it's purest essence is really Paramatma. A Satguru helps chela to know Paramatma, for this reason all religious traditions honor their Guru.

[shouldact]

br leon is working at Aims and he is a betrayer against aims for money, the said attack is between someone against supporters of male nurse who molested some women (police case registered and enquiry goingon) in which the hospital have no connections.

[ammastablas]

does anyone know the song from 4:58-5:22 and 6:22-6:54? i think the singer is shankar mahadevan.

[pvivekvijayan]

@xwaystranger i have been visitng ashram since early 90's and nobody has asked for any money.. if sombody in your country is asking money it is not ammas fault... and it is so funny that u are calling a 10,000 yr old system a foreign franchise. Amma is not here to spread hinduism or to talk abt siva or kali.. she just talks abt god and love.. shiva kali or wat ever names u call its all the same... she never converts people like others do..her convertion is of the mind..not relegion.

[xwaystranger]

@pvivekvijayan The Kids were there everyday, because their parents were Devotees. They refused to hug her AGAIN. I went in. I got hugged. The next time she was in Marin. That Time the Devotees Kicked Me Out for not Paying. That was just for the special rich people. My Point. She is bringing a Foreign Franchise Religion to the American Soil. Her Hindu beliefs have never ever come from this land. Ask a Native American if they have ever encountered Shiva or Kali on this landscape? Go home.

[pvivekvijayan]

@xwaystranger what stopped you & the kids from going inside??? your mind itself was just outside... and ashram is for everyone.. cause you need not pay anything or spend a penny to meet amma.

[pvivekvijayan]

@jmereel23 Before i use to think tears are the sign of weakness.. amma said when you cry for no reason or to god with love.. tears are the sign of strength.. It was true.. it gives the power and courage to overcome the tough times.. Amma has made my mind strong...

[anaevasaida]

@jmereel23 exactly the same thing happens to me... I can't help it!

[tomzurek]

God is nowadays an empty word so no point in arguing about that...