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"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
-Winston Churchill

• “Even Now Amma Is Only Filled With Love for That Daughter”: An Interview with Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi

  By Randall W. on May 19, 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  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 ›

• Gail Accuses Amma of Peace, Love and Compassion

  By Randall W. on March 16, 2014 • ( 6 )

  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 ›

• Amma’s Response to the Allegations Against the Mata Amritanandamayi Math

  By Randall W. on February 24, 2014 • ( 4 )

  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 ›

• Claims Against the Ashram Regarding Foreign Funds Are False

  By Randall W. on February 21, 2014 • ( 3 )

  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 ›

• The Allegations By Gail Tredwell Are Untrue: A Statement by the Mata Amritanandamayi Devotees’ Forum, Kerala

  By Randall W. on February 19, 2014 • ( 17 )

  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 ›

• MAM and AEPL

  By Randall W. on December 25, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Myth: The Mata Amritanandamayi Math runs the company Amrita Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. Reality: Wanting to clarify questions regarding Mata Amritanandamayi Math and Amrita Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. (AEPL), Amma Scandal contacted AEPL’s director, K. Sreekumar, and asked him for clarification. This… Read More ›

• The Invention Of Mata Amritanandamayi

  By Randall W. on July 7, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Myth: The persona, spiritual philosophy and general phenomenon of Mata Amritanandamayi has been contrived by her senior disciples, and it is these disciples who tell her what to say and do. Amma is a mere puppet in their hands. Reality:… Read More ›

• Amma & the Tsunami: What Really Happened During the Disaster

  By Randall W. on November 7, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  “I read your post titled “The Real Mata Amritanandamayi” and felt inspired to write something of my own. Perhaps you can post it, if you like. It is my experience of being in Amma’s ashram during the tsunami, which struck… Read More ›

• Mata Amritanandamayi’s Suspicious Foreign Funds

  By Randall W. on October 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  MYTH: Sources of Mata Amritanandamayi Math’s foreign funds are “suspicious.” REALITY: The foreign funds of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math come from the hundreds of thousands of people who attend Amma’s programs and donate. We do so because we want to… Read More ›

• Welcome to “The Amma Scandal”

  By Randall W. on September 15, 2012 • ( 16 )

  Welcome. It’s likely that you have arrived here because you’ve heard some of the rumors, scandals and allegations of fraud regarding Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi) and her charitable organizations. So have we. This blog represents our search for the truth.