it comes out of bliss
22 dec 2007 bharata yatra, kodungallur, kerala when we reached kodungallur it was already 6 pm. the hostel children of amrita vidyalayam welcomed amma with padpuja. you could see them telling ‘i washed amma’s feet,’ ‘i put chandana,’ ‘i did kumkum.’ ‘i did the arati’…etc. these kids are really blessed to be in amma’s schools […]
21 Oct 2007, Amritapuri it’s always blissful during puja holidays. it didn’t start just now. since my school days, it has been like that. even if you get two months vacation you are not as happy as during puja holidays. what is the great thing about puja holidays?hey ! it’s the only 3 days in […]
Anagha (13), from Pala – Kottayam, could not attend Amma’s 54th birthday in Amritapuri on Sep 27th. While sitting in the classroom she composed a four-line prayer in Malayalam. Anagha recited this to Amma when she came to Amritapuri, on Sunday the 30th. The poem was so powerful. After listening to this Amma asked the […]
walking in the footsteps of ramayanait was a spontaneous decision when sw. turiyamritananda told me he was going for ramayana parikrama [circumambulation of sacred spots associated with ramayana]. i asked, can i come with you?yes, he said.we drove 400 odd kilometres to reach pulpally, the hillstation in wynad district.while driving we saw the devastation the […]
it was amazing this morning. usually i don’t get to see the sun rise.today when i saw it, the western horizon was bright and red as if the sun was rising there. really!! it was cool. the red and golden yellow rays sprayed through the orange, yellow and white clouds… so joyful to see.at the […]
Amma name is Japanese my name in Japanese
cuckoo has stopped?the rain has started. slowly, the heat is going down. summer is fading. yesterday and today, we had good rains. we had bonus too—thunder and heavy lightning. the cuckoos, singing day and night, have stopped now. no, wait. i heard it twice or thrice today.this cuckoo at the ashram is special. it was […]
ഉദാത്തമായ ചോദ്യങ്ങളില് നിന്നാണ് ഉദാത്തമായ ഉത്തരങ്ങളുണ്ടാകുന്നത്. ശിഷ്യന് എന്തു ചോദിക്കണം, എങ്ങിനെ ചോദിക്കണം എന്നറിയണം. കരുണനിറഞ്ഞ ഹൃദയത്തോടെ ഗുരു സുധാമൃതം ചുരത്തുകയാണിവിടെ.
2nd leg of the Bharata Yatra started. We were passing through Trissur District on the way from Amritapuri to Mananthavadi. Now its the time of festivals in Kerala. Especially in Trissur, which is a land of temples, elephants and festivals. We saw a lot of temples and celebrations. The area around the temples is divided […]
The trip from Ramanathapuram to Kanyakumari was interesting in the sense that you see the typical Indian villages and their life. You pass through the rice fields, sugarcane fields, bananas and coconuts then to barren lands. Then you come across small mountains. Then cultivation of fans. Yes big fans… Nagarkovil is the district in Tamil […]