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.
*The detail is subject
to change, so please check this page for confirmation before departing for
venue.
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.
Tokens are handed out shortly after the hall opens at the
entrance of Amma’s program hall.（Second
Exhibition 2F Hall F）
• 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 24th〉
The special evening program on July 24th 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 24th, 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.
