In This Heartfelt Address Delivered At The Global Peace Initiative Of Women's 2008 Summit In Jaipur, Amma Focuses On The Deterioration Of Love And Mutual Respect Between Men And Women. Pointing To Specific Problems And Offering Insightful Solutions, Amma Offers Her Vision Of A World Where Men And Women Stop Competing With One Another And Begin Climbing, Hand-In-Hand, To Material And Spiritual Heights. Published By The Disciples Of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Affectionately Known As Mother, Or Amma The Hugging Saint.

An Address Delivered Upon Amma's Acceptance Of The Fourth Annual James Parks Morton Interfaith Award, New York, May 2, 2006. The Interfaith Center Of New York Praised Amma For Her Outstanding Work In Fostering Inter-Religious Understanding And Respect. By Reaching Out And Accepting All Human Beings Through The Physical Act Of Hugging, She Transcends All Religions And Political Divisions. Amma Said, A One-Word Solution For Almost All The Problems The World Is Facing Today Is Compassion. The Essence Of All Religions Is In Being Compassionate To Others. Helping The Poor And Needy Is True Prayer....

Let Our Effort To Discover Our Own Essential Nature, That Indwelling Universal Power, Be A Characteristic Feature Of The New Millennium We Are About To Enter. Let This Be Recognized As One Of The Important Goals Of The Next Century. An Address At The Interfaith Celebration In Honor Of The 50th Anniversary Of The United Nations, New York, October 21, 1995. Published By The Disciples Of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Affectionately Known As Mother, Or Amma The Hugging Saint.