This happened a couple of years ago. I was just out of college, working in Pune then, and staying with a friend. One Sunday, I woke up quite early and sipping my morning tea was lazily surfing the web. My browser homepage was set to amritapuri.org and the “Thought for the moment” was something to […]

Question 116: “You are about to enjoy your afternoon tea when someone hits you by mistake and the tea falls all over your shirt. 1- How would you normally react? 2- How should you ideally respond? ” Please think well before you answer, and please make your answer brief (maximum 5 or 6 lines) and […]

Life takes its due course with time People come and go, an inevitable change Yet whenever i turn back or look ahead, At times I fail to see you Through all the struggles I’ve gone through, You were always there and still are, right beside me Guiding me to the right direction When i lost […]

22 mar, palakkad – bharata yatra 2009 after amma’s palakkad program, amma visited the house of a long-time devotee. the house was situated in a congested colony. we drove through a narrow gully, winding left and right. people were pouring out of their houses: many came out on their balconies, many lined up on one […]

Question 115: “In your relationship with Amma, what is your deepest desire? ” To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’. Think well before you answer, and please make your answer brief (maximum 5 or 6 lines) and clear.

18 Apr 2009, Kochi We are in Cochin, in our ashram here. It is sweltering, even if we sit, without doing anything, still we almost melt away. But in the midst of all this sits Love in a human form, giving darshan to all Her children. Yesterday there had been a devotee who wanted things […]

Back in 1991, Singapore sisters, Renu and Preetha, were lively, fun loving tiny tots who often went on tour with the Amma’s group.  At the Mauritius airport that year, I noticed the girls in tears.  Swami Ramakrishna asked them what the matter was. They said that someone had called them “little devils.” They tearfully asked, […]

Question 114: “How do you raise children spiritually in a materialistic society? ” To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’. Think well before you answer, and please make your answer brief (maximum 5 or 6 lines) and clear.

8 march 2009, enroute tiruvalla to amritapuri it was special but not a surprise. on the way back from tiruvalla programme, amma visited an old house. it has not been painted for years, not modified for the last 30 years at least. situated on the side of the main road,  this is one of the […]