Around 3 p.m, Amma left Amritapuri for the 3 week visit to Tamil Nadu. It’s a 7 hour journey by road. Nine buses and six cars with about 500 children of Amma, four trucks with luggage, sound system, bookstall, and kitchen items are there with Amma on the tour. Really , it’s the Ashram on […]
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it comes out of bliss
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what new year?
new year eve was quite an eventful one. whole day i was busy. 14 baby feedings, 2 padapujas … i was on my feet to click-click-click. in between amma said ‘no photos’ to me. so some one else was taking photos of the function. there were few stage performances and then amma’s bhajans followed by […]
1 jan 2007, amritapuri a kathakali performance was staged at the ashram in amritapuri to honor sugunanandan, the biological father of amma, sri mata amritanandamayi devi, when he turned 80. he used to perform kathakali in his youth. krishna was his favorite character. this kathakali story was of sri krishna, devaki and yasoda about the […]
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Say it now
One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down. It took the remainder […]
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Entharo Mahanu Bhavulu
This is one of the most beautiful Karnatic classicals. If you understand the meaning while you listen, it’s awesome. This kriti is supposed to have been spontaneously composed by saint Thyagaraja when he saw great people (Mahatmas, his guru-like souls) assembled in a hall as he entered. This is one of the Pancharatna kriti. This […]
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Sarasvati Nadi Darshan
Discovery and rebirth of Vedic River Sarasvati with the creation of a National Water Grid
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revelling in the self
see the joy and peace on his face, the light in his eyes. i had a dream of his wonderful face one day.
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Blissed-out Dolphin
After a long time, I went for a long walk today, ending up at the beach. The sea is now bringing in sand, as if to increase the amount of sand on the shore. I sat on one of the rocks there for meditation. It wasn’t raining today unlike the last few days when it […]
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Nobility of Motherhood
Many of us pray for the living. Some even pray for the dead. But how many pray for the unborn? Only a Mother.
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Monument of Compassion
I could not join the concreting seva at the bridge , as I had so much work to do. While working in the computer room, the phone rang. It was Jaya, who teaches hatha yoga in the ashram. She wanted to speak to someone. Recognizing my voice, she said, “Hey, what are you doing there? […]