Namah Shivaya.

One of the sweetest moments for me , after moving here to Amritapuri 8 months ago has been the tuesday prasad with Amma. Amma gives prasad, plates of delicious food to all the residents after extremely interesting question and answer sessions. After the Q&A session, Amma hands out the plates of food to the ashramites. Then, everyone chants the 15th chapter of the Gita and then begin to eat.

The chanting of the Gita is what moves me the most. The first day when I heard the chanting, it struck me that the self same Krishna who originally gave out the verses , was now sitting in front of me, but this time the roles were reversed- rather than Krishna chanting the verses to the devotee, this time it was the devotee chanting the Gita to Krishna!

As the verse are chanted, I cant help but feel a thrill all over thinking that here I am sitting in the very presence of Sri Krishna Himself. In the form of out sweet Amma.

And as the verse go on ” Adityagatam tejo..” “Know that the Light that proceeds from the Sun and the moon and the stars is My Light”, I feel awed that, somehow, within the sweet little form of my Guru in front of me, somehow , lies that Infinite Power from which the Light of the Sun and the stars originate.

wow.

And then She turns, and smiles.. and the awe is replaced by love , and I happily eat the prasad.

Bala, India