Long long ago, a friend had once remarked to me “Amma is a living Upanishad“. Yesterday, in Swamiji’s class on the Gita, He remarked “If the upanishads have legs and hands, that will be Amma”. I was struck by two statements of Amma that is uncannily the same as from the upanishads: Once when Amma […]
A 6 day camp for CISF Jawans of Central Industrial Security force was held at their training institute, National Industrial security Academy, Hyderabad from 6 – 11 June 2011
Memories of Amma’s first USA Yatra 1987 – part 7 Often it was the case where there was only $5 in my pocket, but somehow Amma always made sure that I was getting by. Old friends from college would drive me far and wide, or someone from a video show would offer a Greyhound bus […]
Memories of Amma’s first USA Yatra 1987 – part 6 Crossing the country that winter was extremely cold, but every day I managed one video show and at least one decent meal. Sometimes a contact from the summer would arrange for me to show a video, other times I would simply walk into a bookstore […]
Memories of Amma’s first USA Yatra 1987 – part 5 It is hard to imagine those days when there was no computer, no cell phone, no internet . But all the planning for the first tour took place without that. The small typewriter which had been given to me was my way to contact people, […]
Memories of Amma’s first USA Yatra 1987 – part 4 December 1986 The ticket I had traveled on during the summer of ’86 was a dream ticket. At first a simple round trip to San Francisco was my plan, but as it turned out the travel agent in Kochi advised me that there was a […]
Memories of Amma’s first USA Yatra 1987 – part 3 The task which would absorb my attention for nearly three months was applying for all the passports, procuring the US & French visas, and getting the plane tickets for Amma and the nine others who would go on tour. The passports would be easy, but […]
Memories of Amma’s first USA Yatra 1987 – part 2 The front porch of the Kalari* was where Amma was sitting that day in August of 1986 when I arrived back**. Some of the residents had also joined Amma there and were curious to know how my time had been spent. What was happening? When […]
Shoshanna Lee, an AYUDH member, won a Rotary Award for AYUDH’s plastic activities in the Bay Area. This is her speech given at the Rotary – 14 may — I use to see plastic waste as worthless garbage. For good reason. Recycling water bottles is good but what about chip bags, candy wrappers, and grocery […]