May 29, 2007 Today, Swami Kaivalyananda discussed some important verses of the Gita. One of these is, ‘patram pushpam phalam toyam, yo me bhaktya prayacchati, tadaham bhaktyupahrtam, ashnami prayatatmanah.’ Gita 9, 26. Here, it says that whatever a devotee offers the Lord, whether a leaf, flower, fruits, or water, the Lord partakes of that offering […]
Yoga Kshemam Vahamyaham Today, Swami Kaivalyananda discussed a few shlokas from the beginning of the ninth chapter of the Gita. One in particular is the 22nd;‘ananyascintayanto mam, ye janah paryupasate, tesham nityabhiyuktanam, yoga kshemam vahamyaham.’ This shloka has been misinterpreted by many modern commentators. The phrase ‘yoga kshemam vahamyaham‘ literally means, ‘I will take care […]
Aum Amriteswaryai Namaha Namah Shivaya All, Its been a very long time since I posted on this site. Now Amma is in Japan and will be away from Amritapuri for 2 months and a week. Pretty long. But anyway nowadays we get to see Amma via the webcast, we get e-Darshan 🙂 . Coming back […]
27 may 2007, amritapuri the rain has started. slowly the heat is reducing. the summer is disappearing. yesterday and today we had good rains. we also had the bonus of thunder and heavy lightning. the cuckoos which were singing day and night, now actually stopped singing. no, wait, i heard its voice twice or thrice […]
it was from japan this time. our beloved amma was in giving devi bhava darshan. she was in purple colour sari. it was web casted to amritapuri. there was a big thunder storm and rain this evening. we lost the internet connection. we could not see the end of devi bhava. 26 may 2007dhyanamrita
Today Amma came out during the day to give last instructions to all the brahmacharis and brahmacarinis for the time when she will be gone on the tour. The mission is so big these days that nobody will have time to sit idle, there’s so much to do. Amma will be leaving sometime in the […]
Today Amma took a break from her enormous task of seeing personally every resident in the ashram and came for bhajans. I’ve said it a thousand times but I’ll say it again, there is nothing like Amma’s bhajans and the closer it comes to her departure from Amritapuri the more one appreciates that while she […]
The season is coming to an end The room darshans still continue and probably will continue until Amma leaves for Japan and US next week. This task takes up all of her time at the moment.She came out for bhajans on Wednesday and sang the following songs: Yamuna Tira Vihara YadukulaAnathanakaruteJivitamennumKarunya VaridheMere Hridaya Sree Rama […]
Passing away of a great man Yesterday morning an ashram resident loved by everyone made an exit from this world. In the morning hours around 8.20, our dear Bombay Acchan passed away peacefully amid chanting of mantras. I cannot write that much lest I become too emotional. I interacted with him almost on a daily […]