We Use the Token System
Everybody
wishing to receive an embrace from Amma must first have a token.
Each
individual is required to get one token, including children accompanying parents
and attendants. Tokens are handed out
in-person only.
Tokens
are free and the system is designed so that the first people to join the line
are the first to meet Amma.
Here’s
how it works:
- Tokens
are small cards, imprinted with a letter and a number, like A1, or C3, or
Q7.
- Groups meet Amma in sequence: the A1 group goes before the A2 group, and so on.
〈Token
distribution〉
Tokens are handed out shortly after the hall
opens at the entrance of Amma’s program hall (Hall C on the basement floor).
- If you
arrive after the program begins, you may still be able to get one
(depending on the availability).
- Please
note that we are unable to replace tokens that get lost, so please be
careful not to lose tokens.
- Please arrive early, especially if you have time constraints. Because programs last for many hours, your token number may not be displayed until late in the afternoon for morning programs, or after midnight for the evening programs
- 〈Term of validity〉
- Each
token is valid for only that specific day and program. Each program has a
different colored token.
〈If you plan
to come more than once〉
- If you
received an embrace on a prior day, you may be asked to wait to receive another
new token.
- If you received an embrace during a morning program, you will not be able to get a token for that evening’s program, although you are welcome to attend.
〈Groups and
Families 〉
Families
and groups are welcome to join any of Amma’s programs. If you would like to be hugged together as a
family or group, please get tokens of the same number for each member of your
family and/or group. Tokens are only handed
out to individuals who are present. Others will receive tokens only when they
arrive.
- If some of your group members have tokens
with different numbers and if you wish to be hugged together as a group,
you will be requested to meet Amma at the time of the person with the last
token number.
- If
someone from your group has already met Amma on a prior day, that person
may be requested to wait to receive a new token.
- Large
parties may not be able to be hugged at the same time; instead, you may be
asked to form smaller groups.
〈Care & Support Line〉
A Care and Support Line will be provided. For elderly persons, handicapped
persons, ill persons, pregnant women and their caregivers, small children up to
4 years of age and their parents/caregivers. There will be an area where you
can wait comfortably, with staff on site to assist you as necessary. Please
notify staff of such needs when you get your token.
〈Special Evening Program on July 20th〉
The special evening program on July 20th
begins with a ceremony for world peace.
Afterwards, Amma will receive guests who have tokens for an
embrace. She will continue doing this
all night into the next morning.
If you have time constraints, please arrive and get your
token earlier. You may find that your token number is very late and could be
the next morning.
For this special program on July 20th, all the
participants are requested to wait in the token line before entering the
hall. Even if you would like to
participate in the ceremony without receiving a token, please stay in the same
token line to proceed, and then tell the staff your intentions and that the token
is not necessary. Thank you for your
understanding.