Yesterday Amma was meeting with the press for quite a long time. In the evening the bhajans were: Gopala Govinda Krishna Karuna Nir Katale Man Re Sikh Prabhu ka nam (Hindi) Kalpantarangalkkum Amme Yi Jivente Mere Hridya Sree Rama Base (Hindi) Ni Intri Verarumillai (Tamil) Om Namah Shivaya Jai Ma Ambe Vishwanath25 August 2007
A visit to Amrita Niketan, the orphanage and boarding school for disadvantaged children at Parippally, is often a highlight for visitors to the Amritapuri ashram. The recent visit of 45 international visitors was no exception. The children gave the visitors their usual warm-hearted welcome. The older students were having exams, but the younger students were […]
As I crossed the bridge going to my seva I knew something was up. Sacred drumming was coming from the direction of the Biotech Building and loud cheers rent the air from time to time. All the female students I saw were dressed in their best. Many were wearing the traditional white cotton Kerala sari, […]
Yesterday while Amma was giving darshan in the evening, everyone was captivated by a divine play. There was this small child (about five years old) who could only speak broken, yet very sweet, Malayalam. It (not sure whether it was a boy or a girl) wanted to come near Amma, so it started making loud […]
Tonight’s bhajans were: Manasa Chora Radha Krishna (Hindi)Arikil UndenkilumDehachya Muralita (Marathi)Anantamayi PatarunnaMohalu Champpara (Telugu)Oru Nalum PiriyattoOm Shakti Om Shakti (Tamil)Jai Jai Kali Ma Vishwanath21 August 2007
Through Mind, Speech and Action Tonight Amma treated us to the following Bhajans: Sri Krishna Saranam Azhikullil Jagadiswari Janamanaharini Nirajanam (Telugu) Bholanatha Re (Hindi) Manasa Vacha Enaikakka Unaiyantri (Tamil) Jai Jai Janani Jai Ho Teri (Hindi) The old song Manasa Vacha Karmana is just so beautiful that I could stay up a whole night listening […]
Three Avatars: In Amma’s Presence Only last week my mind was specifically drawn to one of the 1000 Divine Names of LalitaDevi – Karanguli nakhotpanna narayana dashaakruti.- meaning,“Devi, from Whose nails rise the 10 Avatars of Lord Narayana…..” The ten incarnations that find mention in the Dashavatara in the Bhagavatam trace a kind of evolution […]
Amma’s Melting Pot of Languages at the Seva Desk Each morning, at the Seva desk, we get a list of those who have checked in the day before so we can distribute little ‘Seva’ reminders to their room inviting them (if they wish) to help with Seva during their stay. The list is a veritable […]
This evening, as I was walking towards the Bhajan Hall, I noticed a large group of westerners gathered in front of the main temple. Figuring they had just arrived and might need some help, I offered. Indeed, they had just arrived an hour ago and would be leaving around 7:30pm. They were all from Germany […]