Amma
Subtitle: healing the heart of the world
By: Judith Cornell.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Amr̥tānandamayi, Mātā, 1953-; Hindu women -- India -- Kerala -- Biography.; Women mystics -- India -- Kerala -- Biography.; Yogis -- India -- Kerala -- Biography.; Spiritual life -- Hinduism.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-258) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments xi; title: Prologue 1; title: New York City, July 15, 1999; title: Part I EARLY LIFE AND CALLING 9; title: Chapter 1 A Light That Is Black 11; title: Kerala, Land of the Goddess (1934-1953); title: Chapter 2 A Dark Eclipse 23; title: A Life of Suffering and Prejudice (1953-1969); title: Chapter 3 Krishna Unveiled 33; title: A Miracle for the Skeptics (1970-1975); title: Chapter 4 The Divine Mother Awakens 49; title: Assassination Attempts by Antagonists (1976-1977); title: Chapter 5 Call to Comfort the Suffering 63; title: A Period of Chaos (1977-1979); title: Chapter 6 The Turning Point 74; title: Healing of a Leper (1979-1981); title: Chapter 7 The Hugging Saint 94; title: The Power of Pure Love; title: Part 2 I BY THEIR FRUITS YOU SHALL; title: KNOW THEM 107; title: Chapter 8 A Thousand Arms of Compassion 109; title: Amritapuri Ashram, India, 1999; title: Chapter 9 Religious Dharma 126; title: Reestablishing the Sacred and Moral Order; title: Chapter 10 Saints, Sages, and Scientists 143; title: Mumbai (Bombay) Scientists Study Amma; title: Chapter 11 Unusual Synchronicities 159; title: Amma and the Dark-Faced Madonnas; title: Chapter 12 The Miracle of AIMS 180; title: Heart-Centered Medicine; title: Chapter 13 Qualities of a Spiritual Master 195; title: Healing the Deepest of Spiritual Wounds; title: Chapter 14 Spiritual Boot Camp 213; title: The 1999 North Indian Tour; title: Epilogue: Healing the Heart of the World 234; title: Glossary 241; title: Notes 245; title: Bibliography 255; title: Appendix: Learn More About Amma 259; title: Index 261.