Sometimes, it is really amazing on how Amma can transform people half-way across the globe.
Last summer, as part of a delegation of scientists from India, i visited Brazil for an international conference and witnessed the power of Amma’s transformation beyond geographical and language barriers.
It was the evening before the conference, and we the delegates went for dinner. As we were all extremely hungry after long travel, we ordered a full plate each, but after 2 full hours of eating, could only consume about a quarter of the food in our plate, leaving the rest behind, fairly intact and quite clean. At that time, our Brazilian host asked us: can i get all your left overs packed. We found the request quite unusual, and we quickly responded that we are all quite full and we don’t need to take the food back to our hotel rooms. Our host rushed to clarify that she will take the packed left-overs. We were a bit puzzled at this unusual request, but since we were not that familiar with local customs, we silently nodded our heads in agreement.
As we all walked back to our hotel rooms at close to midnight, we witnessed a great miracle – our brazilian host hands over each of those packed food boxes to about six homeless people sleeping along the roadsides, bringing smiles to each of their starved faces.
As soon as we reached the hotel, she revealed to us that she had a chance to receive Amma’s Darshan for the first time last year, and she learnt from Amma that we should never waste food when there is so much poverty and hunger in the world. Amma’s transforming embrace is truly global – beyond any of our imaginations. In fact, if we cooperate, Amma transforms us from ordinary to extra-ordinary – in all we do. And that transformation can happen in that instant when Amma embraces us.
– P. Venkat Rangan
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