bliss
it comes out of bliss
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they are all singing
4 apr, amritapurithey were singing all along.. i mean the cuckoos…. when we left amritapuri, they were singing. do remember, last year i told you about the cuckoos of the ashram? read herethey were singing all along the tour- bhatara yatra. i heard them singing in coimbatore, pondicherry, tirunelveli, kannur, mangalore, bangalore, hyderabad, washim, pune,…
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opening the eyes
29 feb, bharata yatra 2008, mumbai mumbai was too hot. luckily there were little mosquitos this time.at the end of darshan, a little boy sitting on his fathers hip told amma that he knows mantras. he chanted ‘lokah samasthah sukhino bhavanthu.’ amma told him, “its not enough to chant the mantra; you have serve the…
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whose house?
6 feb 2008, amritapuri she came through the window. i was wondering why she is coming to the brahmacharis quarters. how dare she? she had few strands of fibre in her hand. she looked at me and smiled- a kind of an awkard smile. her eyes looked like asking me permission ‘can i come in?’.…
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Bharata Yatra 2008 flagged off
17 Jan 2008, amritapuri amma started her bharata yatra 2008. in the first leg amma will travel through tamil nadu and come bak to amritapuri. past mid noon amma started off to coimbatore. other ashram buses with the residents and visitors from abroad left early in the morning. its a journey of 7-8 hours to…
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my brothers and sisters
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…
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hari sree ganapataye namah
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…
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Anagha’s prayer
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…
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Ramayana Parikrama
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…
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golden sunset
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…