About Sri AmmaBhagavan
Sri Amma and Sri Bhagavan are the global visionaries behind the Oneness
phenomenon whose lives have been dedicated to accelerating the release
of human suffering and help people live better lives. To know Sri
AmmaBhagavan, as they are known to the millions who have benefited
from their work, is to know the limitless potential of human existence
when the heart is aligned with the intent in the loftiest aspirations
for our world.To know Sri AmmaBhagavan is also to understand the realm of
possibility beyond the human condition. Day after day, hundreds of
individuals from all over the world come to the Oneness University
seeking inner peace, a life full of joy and connectedness and an
opportunity for contribution to cope with the larger challenges faced
by humanity.
What they find is miraculous transformations; the release
of deep trauma, the healing of broken relationships, the restoration
of a sense of purpose, and even opportunities to recover from
emotional and physical conditions through the energy of Oneness
Deeksha.
Sri Amma was born on August 15, 1954, in Sangam Village,
Nellore District, in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Her parents, Smt.
Penchalamma and Sri Venkaiah, knew from very early in her life that
theirs was an unusual child, precociously attuned to the needs of
others, and clear in her acceptance of service as the ultimate joy. As
she grew up, the young Amma was often found listening to the stories
of families in crisis, assisting those families with material and
spiritual help, and cultivating a relationship with the Divine born of a
desire to be a vehicle so that others would receive the benefits of
grace.
Sri
Bhagavan was born on March 7, 1949, in Natham Village, Tamil Nadu, to
Smt. Vaidarbhi Amma and Sri Varadarajulu, parents who fostered their
son’s awareness of the role of divine grace in our lives. Already as a
young teenager, Sri Bhagavan knew that the solution to the problems
of our world must rest in the alleviation of the deep suffering that
caused neighbor to hate neighbor, families to break up, and countries
to threaten each others with war and extinction. His precocious vision
allowed him to inquire into the causes behind human conflict with his
probing intellect and his wise, knowing heart.
Sri Bhagavan saw that the root of conflict among human
beings was not just about material suffering, but about the ravage
that existential suffering could cause in the spirit of every man,
from the poorest to the most successful. Sri Bhagavan studied the
beliefs and history of the major religious and spiritual movements
around the world, including Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and
Hinduism. He discovered that dogma by itself left believers empty, for
it could not provide the actual, living experience of the Divine. He
longed to find a way to help the common man to experience the profound
connection with the Divine that a mystic felt.
In the clarity of his understanding, Sri Bhagavan also saw
that material conditions were peripheral to the reality of human
suffering. They were not the root of the problem, but at some point
they became entangled with the search for solutions. Many faiths
advocated renunciation, while others yet advocated the search for
prosperity. Sri Bhagavan came to conclude that these beliefs, in any
form, were restrictions placed upon the human psyche and thus another
layer of distancing from the actual experience of the Divine was
established. He was convinced that to fully experience the Divine,
humanity needed to be free of dogma and free of entanglements
associated with values or expectation.
Throughout his youth, Sri Bhagavan took a deep intent (or
‘sankalpa’ in Sanskrit) to find a way to help all men and women,
regardless of their origin, belief, lifestyle or religious
association, make that profound leap into an unimpeded experience of
the Divine that was previously only available to mystics. He met Sri
Amma and discovered that she had the same desire and intent. They were
married on June 9, 1976.
With Sri Amma now as his partner, they founded the
Jeevashram school in 1984. This institution, devoted to educating and
loving students in a holistic manner, became the cradle of the Oneness
phenomenon. As the Deeksha started pouring through the young
students, Sri AmmaBhagavan saw that this energy was given for the
benefit of all humanity, not to liberate a chosen few, but to share the
grace of Oneness Deeksha with anyone and everyone looking for
transformation, healing, and a purposeful, joyous life. From the
Jeevashram school and later the University, Sri AmmaBhagavan created a
body of teachings suited for the new earth in this new millennium.
The most intelligent, advanced and exquisitely simple
teachings have been put forth as the offering of the Oneness
University, and they have been embraced by everyone, from those who
have never attended school to the highly educated and sophisticated.
It is because in their language, their teachings are like rays of
sunlight that alight upon every human concern and illuminate our
understanding not just intellectually but also experientially. Sri
AmmaBhagavan believe that experiencing is the requirement of a life
lived in full, and that everything and anything, if experienced fully,
regardless of how difficult or tragic, eventually turns to joy.
