27 Feb 2010, Mumbai Sri G.S. Gil, vice-president and managing director of CIDCO the organization that plans and develops India’s major cities. “When I started my work for CIDCO the plot in Nerul had just been bought for the ashram. Never could have I have dreamt that it would be such a ‘punyam’, a blessing […]

27 Feb 2010, Mumbai “For many years I had the yearning for this experience and it blows me away” – Smita Jaykar, actress Famous Bollywood actress Smita Jaykar came for Amma’s darshan during the public program in Shivaji Parc in downtown Bombay. For her it was a long awaited dream to meet Amma. “I have […]

19 Feb, Bengaluru I want to share a beautiful experience that I had yesterday in Bangalore. I had taken Amma’s darshan on 17th morning. I refrained from going for a hug on18th, even though I had been issued a darshan token. Instead, I asked permission to sit behind Amma on stage, and to my delight, […]

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13 Feb – Bharata Yatra  2010 We’re sitting on a dusty road side, probably next to the Kerala – Karnataka border. The sleepless night, the truck loading and the endless bus ride leaves no doubt: we’re now on tour. Her loving gaze caresses us, one after the other. And as the sun sets on this […]

12 feb 2010, talassery – bharata yatra whenever i travel, especially with amma, i am reminded of what amma said about yatra. she says that when the mind is on the ride, we are traveling. if not, then we are not, even if the body is moving. such a person’s mind is centered in the […]

12 Feb 2010, Talassery. Amma singing ‘Hari Om Namah Sivaya’ at the end of darshan. It was the beginning of Sivaratri day.

When Amma sends her emissary, it is as though a very special messenger had come directly from her heart.  You sense her presence, her purpose, her commitment to her work,but most of all, you sense her love. A year and a half ago in August of 2008, Br. Shantamrita Chaitanya came to Manila to teach […]

15 Jan 2010 Barely a week after the New Year celebration with Amma at Amritapuri, I was blessed to spend some more time with Amma at the Brahmasthanam, Nallapalayam, Kovai. My day started with the Lalita Sahasranam archana along with sixty more students from my college, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore. As we had been […]