We received the following email from Alin Poort: Amma Scandal, As I know you must be aware, a man named Peter Roozendaal has recently sent out an email to various people making various accusations. I have also seen it on… Read More ›
We received the following letter from the former owner of the ExAmma forum. The ExAmma Yahoo Group is an exclusive members only anti-Amma forum. Dear All, Some years ago, I made a long list of allegations about Amma and her… Read More ›
In the April 16th 2014 issue, one of Kerala’s leading women’s magazines, Grhalakshmi, ran an interview with Amma titled “Sneham Matram” [“Only Love”], wherein Amma answers a wide-array of questions about her life in general and Gail Tredwell in specific…. Read More ›
We received this analysis from Jay Cumming, Senior Research Attorney for the California Supreme Court. “If you cannot attack the message, then attack the messenger.” That simple catchphrase is used by Gail Tredwell to rally both support and sympathy. She… Read More ›
EXCERPTS FROM TALKS & WRITINGS OF GAIL TREDWELL (1990 – 1999) “After spending some time with [Amma], I started realizing how much she is living for the people. She wouldn’t sleep hardly; she wouldn’t eat hardly. And even some nights,… Read More ›
My name is Lakshmi. Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma) is my mother; “mother” means: the one who made me what I am today. I heard that one lady has recently written some very bad things about my mother. One of… Read More ›
I have read Gail’s book and seen her TV interview on Kairali People. During the interview she alleged that my husband has built a big house through improperly obtained income. This is not true. All of our income has been… Read More ›
We received the following account from an old-time devotee: My name is Gretchen McGregor. In Amma’s ashram, people call me Kusuma. I have lived in Amma’s ashram off and on since 1983. When I first came to live there, I… Read More ›
Claims have been circulating on Internet chat groups that the Mata Amritanandamayi Math (MAM) has between $100 million and $400 million parked in foreign bank accounts accumulating interest. These and other such claims are based on chat-group analysis of publicly… Read More ›
We received the following from a Swiss devotee currently living in Amritapuri Ashram. My name is Susanne Wecker. I met Amma in 1990, and since 1992 it has been my privilege to host Amma and her senior monastic disciples at… Read More ›
The following letter was posted on an online forum called “The God Light” on Nov. 18, 2013, by a former Amritapuri Ashram resident who left Amma’s ashram “at the same time as Gail Tredwell.” What this person writes only confirms… Read More ›
The allegations put forth in Gail Tredwell’s memoir are untrue and are the fabrications of a disturbed mind. It is puzzling that 15 years after leaving Amma’s ashram, Ms. Tredwell has decided to self-publish this book, fabricating incidents that supposedly… Read More ›
We received the following account from a brahmacharini in Amma’s ashram: My name is Lakshmi. I am originally from Holland, but for the past 29 years I have been a resident in Amma’s Amritapuri Ashram. In addition, for the last… Read More ›
We received the following account from a Swami in Amma’s ashram: I began my spiritual quest at the age of 18 and moved to India from the US at that young age. Now I am 64 years old. I was… Read More ›
We received the following account from an old-time devotee and ashram resident: I lived at Amritapuri for almost 20 years until circumstances brought me to South Africa. I had a lot to do with Gail; I saw her and interacted… Read More ›
We have received the following email from Brahmachari Shubamrita, one of the senior brahmacharis in Amma’s ashram, and one of Amma’s main translators. My name is Shubamrita. I have been a resident in Amma’s ashram since 1989. Witnessing the lies… Read More ›
We received this book review from Jay Cumming, Senior Research Attorney for the California Supreme Court. Holy Hell, Gail Tredwell’s autobiographical account of her near 20 years as the personal attendant of Mata Amritanandamayi (“Amma”), has certainly stirred up the… Read More ›
We received the following letter from old-time devotee and Ashram resident: In response to the recent book by Gail Tredwell and the accusations and misinformation circulating around the Internet as a byproduct of the book, I would like to come… Read More ›
We received the following letter from an old-time devotee (translated from French): My name is Rukmini and I am from Reunion Island. I am the sister of Swami Premananda (Madhu). When Gail came to Tiruvanamalai, she had no exposure to… Read More ›
Growing up with Amma and the Swamis has been such a precious gift. I have lived with Amma for thirty-one years and I can say with total honesty that the purity of our lives in the ashram has always been… Read More ›
We received the following letter from an old-time devotee: I heard about Amma in 1986, when I met one of Amma’s tour organizers, who helped invite her to Mt. Shasta on the first world tour. After Amma came a second time… Read More ›
We received the following letter from an old-time devotee: My name is Arpana. I am a licensed attorney, and I have been a devotee of Amma’s since 1992. I lived in Hawaii at the time Gail Tredwell left Amma’s ashram…. Read More ›
We received the following account from an old-time devotee: To one and all– 30 years ago I traveled to India to meet Amma, in November of 1983, at her family compound, Idamannel. At that time there were only six westerners,… Read More ›
We received the following account from an old-time devotee: I met Amma in 1987 in Palo Alto at the home of our good family friends. My sister and I immediately felt connected to Amma, especially through her bhajans, and wanted… Read More ›
We received the following account from an old-time devotee and ashram resident: Hello. My name is Kristy and I want to share my story. I was living in the ashram when Gail Tredwell (Gayatri) left. For reasons still unknown to… Read More ›
The following statement by Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi was released by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math on 22nd February 2014. “Every year the Ashram [The Mata Amritanandamayi Math] submits its accounts without fail. Every thing is being done as required. Some… Read More ›
Gail Tredwell. Amma. Truth. Lies. Scandals. Fraud. And. Reality 