It’s been raining outside the past few days. Is the sky raining tears of joy or tears of sorrow? It’s the last night of Tour and Amma in on stage here in Toronto wearing a beautiful green sari. Seven weeks of tour is almost over. Along the way, we’ve been introduced to new friends, new […]
MARLBORO (WBZ) ― ‘Hugging Saint’ Greets Large Crowds in Marlboro Divine Signs: Holy, Hoax, Or Just Hope? Hundreds, maybe thousands waited for hours Wednesday at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center in Marlboro to feel the embrace of the woman known as Amma. “She inspires people to volunteer on behalf of the […]
There is much to learn from virtually everything – from the sunrise, from the blue skies, from the air around us, from the birds and insects,…. from everything. They can teach us so many things – about the nature of the world, about living in harmony, about life and death and so many other things. […]
Tour has rolled in and out of Dallas, then onto Iowa and is in Chicago where it is now Devi Bhava. Dallas and Iowa were both only two days so bhajans were only on the first night for each city. In Dallas, Amma sang: Sri Gananayaka Murali Vale Pyare Kanha Virahatti Sankara Siva Sankara Nannu […]
21-25 June 2009 The programs in Albuquerque New Mexico consisted of one surprise after another. First there was the last public evening at the end when Amma sang Khol Darvaza. Then the first retreat night, as the darshan line trickled down to the last few, everyone rushed forward expecting a repeat of the previous evening. […]
One of the things that took us all by surprise often was the number of people who came to eat. Initially we started seating everybody and serving them but soon found out that this would be a fatal experience. Firstly the number of people who came to eat was a sizeable one and the people […]
Tues 23 Jun Tonight was the first night of the Albuquerque retreat. Amma sang a new English bhajan – “In This World of Change”. Amritapriya played harmonium and sang lead with Amma. It was very sweet. Amma sang: Sri Gananayaka Sundar Hai Nayana Tere Kanivotu Kattarulitaname In This World of Change Iswar Parameshvara Markanda Madhurya […]
22 Jun 2009 Tonight was the last public program in New Mexico – the Retreat starts tomorrow. During the evening program, archana had just finished and it seemed like darshan was going to end soon. Ramanand took the stage to perhaps sing a few bhajans. It was going to be an unusually early night – […]
It was barely a year and a half since I first met Amma but it seemed as though I knew her for ages. I was blessed to be with Amma at Bangalore. It was a great pleasure for us, the students of Amrita School of Engineering, Bangalore to volunteer for Amma’s darshan programme and since […]