Are Indians fed up with the Mother of Compassion?

As soon as the Malayalam online media Indiavision, Madhyamam and Reporter talked about Gail's Tredwell's book, the Indian internet users rushed to their computer to support and comment these publications.

Money shortage?

ETW doesn't deny it, 60% of the donations are poured into a foreign bank account. The official speeches assert that it is a precaution in case there is less donation one day : "These cash reserves secure the funding of ongoing projects and help offset possible shortages". There is something wrong with this explanation.

Poor answer from the Swiss Amma center

Following the publication of an article about Gail Tredwell's book in the Swiss newspaper Tages Anzeiger, the Swiss Amma Center added a reply on its website. Unsurprisingly, they say that it's all false. What they say to support Amma cannot be taken seriously. The quotes are based on Google's automatic translation.

Translation of article in Tages Anzeiger

An article entitled Schwere Vorwürfe gegen Umarmerin Amma has been published in the Swiss newspaper Tages Anzeiger in February 2014. The automatic translation makes it sound weird, so hard for the english speakers to understand much of it. This is a more suitable translation. In the last paragraph "TA" stands for the name of the newspaper.

Mataji by Sujit Saraf

A lot of devotees want to convince themselves that Gail Tredwell is the only person in the world who is critical against Amritanandamayi. They want to believe that the other critics are just blindly supporting Gail. It cannot be further from the truth.

Non-english critics

This article gathers the critics which are not written in English. You can use google translate to try to understand their content.

Adharmic charity

An article published on ammascandal gives us surprising details about a charitable project. If the article changes in the next few days we will provide a backup.

Follow the money - Part 2

After analyzing the medical and social landscape of India to find out the real purpose of Amritanandamayi's super specialty hospital, a Former AIMS Consultant makes some financial simulations to confirm his theories.

Follow the money - Part 1

A Former AIMS Consultant analyzes the medical and social landscape of India, to find out the real purpose of Amritanandamayi's super specialty hospital.

The one who gathers darkness

"Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.”  said Sir Winston Churchill, former prime minister of the United Kingdom. We logically expect a spiritual leader to be more enlightened than a politician. How does Amritanandamayi reacts to criticism? A guru's behavior certainly teaches us priceless lessons.

Many backpackers who won't come back

Besides critical opinions and articles, here are the backpackers accounts. They wanted to visit Amma's ashram. They came to Amritapuri, expecting to find a spiritual place. They tell us why they quickly left.

Many critical articles in blogs and magazines

To achieve clarity and accuracy, this post gathers the articles written by journalists or internet users for magazines and public blogs. These links were formerly listed in the post called Many ex-devotees and critical opinions. The backpackers also give their opinion.

Many ex-devotees and critical opinions

Since the publication of Gail Tredwell's book, Amma's PR team has lauched a smear campaign against her. They have invented various theories for the public to doubt her testimony :

ETW IV : Real life

The acronym ETW has several meanings. It can stand for "Embracing The World" or "Embezzling The World". In this post, it stands for "Empowering The Women". It is the fourth and last of a series, aiming at taking a closer look at a speech entitled "The Awakening of Universal Motherhood" that Amma gave in Geneva on October 7th 2002, when she received the Gandhi-King award. We would like to give our personal point of view about it. This speech seems to empower women but the appearances are sometimes deceptive.

ETW III : Boyhood

The acronym ETW have several meanings. It can stand for "Embracing The World" or "Embezzling The World". In this post, it stands for "Empowering The Women". It is the third of a series, aiming at taking a closer look at a speech entitled "The Awakening of Universal Motherhood" that Amma gave in Geneva on October 7th 2002, when she received the Gandhi-King award. We would like to give our personal point of view about it. This speech dictates the most demanding requirements of women. Who can be so demanding?

ETW II : Motherhood

The acronym ETW has several meanings. It can stand for "Embracing The World" or "Embezzling The World". In this post, it stands for "Empowering The Women". It is the second of a series, aiming at taking a closer look at a speech entitled "The Awakening of Universal Motherhood" that Amma gave in Geneva on October 7th 2002, when she received the Gandhi-King award. We would like to give our personal point of view about it. This speech seems to be seriously regressive.

ETW I : Contradictions

The acronym ETW have several meanings. It can stand for "Embracing The World" or "Embezzling The World". In this post, it stands for "Empowering The Women". It is the first of a series, aiming at taking a closer look at a speech entitled "The Awakening of Universal Motherhood" that Amma gave in Geneva on October 7th 2002, when she received the Gandhi-King award. We would like to give our personal point of view about it. This speech sounds appealing but it is full of contradictions.

One recognizes a tree by its fruit

Mata Amritanandamayi is a guru, a spiritual guide. It means that some people supposedly try to live by her example and teachings. How to recognize a real spiritual guide? Blossoming spiritual followers should be the sign, for guidance is the reason to be of a guru. When we try to find official informations about Mata Amritanandamayi what do we find?

Faith abuse is dangerous

Faith can move mountains. Beware not to be crushed when they fall back to the ground.

What is AIMS real aim?

AIMS "is a result of Amma’s desire to provide outstanding and affordable medical care to all regardless of one’s ability to pay" says the social work department of Amma's university. So why does this internet user say that "the so called charity hospital at Amritha charges an arm and a leg, unless u can prove u ARE REALLY poor"?