here is something Ashram should clarify. This was posted in another group

January 2, 2005

Hi Maryann

I was referring to her official newsgroup:

See post 10153 among others. I wish there would be some official

clarification and we don't have to depend on the words of a few

emotional devotees.

Mary Ann <buttercookie61 wrote:

Hm, that doesn't sound good, but are you sure it's true? What

newsgroups are you referring to? I don't think going into an ashram

for safety in a tsunami means you would have to pledge your life to

the guru, and I can't imagine that people in a tsunami would have

chosen not to go to Amma's ashram if they could have made it there.

I am sure her doors were not closed to the needy. I did read that

she was urging people into the ashram who were wanting to go out and

look at the ocean, people not quite realizing the danger.

I suggest that you forward your concerns directly to someone at

www.amma.org so they can look into it, and/or donate via other means.

Mary Ann

, "anamikafisher"

<anamikafisher> wrote:

>

> , "Mary Ann"

> <buttercookie61> wrote:

> >

> > It is also possible to donate through Amma's MA Center in San

> Ramon,> CA. You can go to www.amma.org and you will see where to

> click and donate what you can to help.

>

> The only thing with this charity is that Ammachi's properties were

> flooded and have suffered extensive damage. Any donations to this

> group will likely to be used for repairing the damage than to feed

> the widow and children of the fisherman killed outside her

ashram.

>

> If you read her newsgroup, her devotees keep touting that Ammachi

> will only help those who have taken refuge in her - 10,000 in her

> ashram were saved but the villagers outside her ashram died.

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