the return
22 march, bharata yatra 2008, kolkata to amritapuri
as we returned to amritapuri, many seats in the buses remained vacant. the 4 trucks, 8 buses, 3 cars, and the camper without amma… all go in line. seeing the white buses and people in white dress, everybody looks with wonder; ‘who is this?’
our routine is the same. we stop for lunch, stop for chai and dinner. temporary light is set up, we serve food, have our prayers.. and leave. no satsangs; but the words of amma from the last satsang echos in our mind.
today’s travel is about 840 kilometers. from kolkata we are driving to vishaka pattanam. because of holi, the roads were mostly empty. we saw a lot of people with colours painted all over who had taken part in the celebration. holi is the beautiful festival of colours.
another 800 odd kilometer to chennai and then another 800+ to amritapuri. altogether about 2500 k.m.
its a 4-line free road ahead. a beautiful road, and hoping for a beautiful safe ride.
~ dhyanamrita
It’s been said many times before, but I feel I must echo previous comments, lest you think nobody is reading these posts.
Being far away in Canada, and having just met Amma for the first time eight long months ago , I thank you for sharing your times and stories. The words create a picture that makes it feel like we are there too.
Namah Shivaya, Swami Dhyanamrita.
Thank you, Pujya Amma and Swamiji for taking us on this Bharat Yatra without any sweat – and maybe that’s why we missed a lot too. But it was a precious dream journey. Pray everyone gets lots of rest now.
I totally join Victor, it makes us feel as if we were there too, and that is a divine blessing, it is wonderful !