‘Amma soap’ Today, Gaia Amrita, went to Amma for darshan. Then she went to her mother and said, “Having darshan is like taking a shower, because afterward, you smell so good. We need a soap that smells like Amma so we can always smell like her and pretend to be her.”— – – — — […]
Amma arrived back from Her tour yesterday. As I stayed here for those three weeks it was really sweet to see Her again. She always looks so mysterious and beautiful and you can never get tired of her beauty and grace, but there is even more receptiveness in the mind after being separated for some […]
. . . . . . .. Last year, he went to India as a volunteer, taking along his wife, Ayako, a black belt in her own right. He was invited by Shantamrita Chaitanya (American Brandon Smith). He is director of the Mata Amritanandamayi Center Japan and the nonprofit organization Amrita Heart, which serve Japan […]
Ashramites and Westerners (about 500) are leaving Amritapuri today for a three week tour of Tamil Nadu with Amma. Blog postings of stories from the South Indian Yatra can be found at http://withamma.blogspot.com/
Tonight’s bhajans were the last before Amma departs for Her South-Indian tour tomorrow. Amma was practicing and recording some Tamil songs in Her room today for the delight of Her Devotees in Tamil Nadu. She really feels strongly that people should hear devotional Songs in their mother tongue. It has a very profound effect when […]
Darshan continued throughout the duration of the bhajan today. Itcontinued on after the bhajans finished also. Hundreds of people werethere. Chandramohan, a little boy from Kozhikode who is mentallychallenged, was next to Amma’s chair. Amma asked him to hug and kiss thecheeks of the devotees who came for darshan. Seeing a Sardarji sitting beside Amma, […]
Tonight Amma sang the following bhajans: Mridula Neela KalebaraAmma Nin RupamRote Jag MenVilical Vili KelkanJanani Tava PadamOm Namah ShivayaOm Hari Om HariJinki Karuna Hai Apar The song Janani Tava Padam (lyrics below) was simply fantastic tonight. Amma sang with such force and feeling that I noticed that even the little boy sitting next to me […]
Tonight the stage was full of kids and it was evident from the beginning that they restless with energy. The little girls beside me kept nudging so I would give my attention to them for various things. I could barely close my when one of them would come up with something new. Amma kept turning […]
Returning from the Calicut-Kodungallur tour, I was greeted by my 4-1/2 year old daughter Gaia Amrita who ran and jumped into my arms. The one-week tour was the longest time we had been separated, and when I first departed, she was in tears, begging me to stay. Upon our return, her mother later told me […]