12 June 2009 — San Ramon A gown made of old fruit and vegetable sacks… a pair of pants fashioned from rice bags… a wedding dress stitched from used shrink wrap… These were just some of the “new fashions” modeled at the Recycle Fashion Show put on during darshan one afternoon in Amma’s San Ramon […]
18 June 2009 On the Second retreat evening, Amma held the meditation and question and answer session outside. The hotel is right next to the LA Airport and also a very busy intersection, so it was quite noisy. Amma playfully noted that we should hear all the noise as ‘Ma and Om’ (referring to the […]
17 Jun 2009 Tonight is the first night of the LA Retreat. Br. Dayamrita gave the satsang. Amma sang: Dayakaro Tum Manasa Chora Radha Krishna Kanivotu Katturulitaname Mayyaji Menu Tu Chaide Vilvattal Archittom Ambe Galinu Jai Jagadambe Durge Ma Vilvattal Archittom is another Siva Bhajan from 2008. At the end is the verse: Siva Siva […]
16 June 2009 Tonight’s bhajans were included the other new Siva Bhajan: Iswara Parameshwara. It’s one of the more upbeat of the new bhajans with a rousing repetition of Siva Siva Hara Hara that transforms into Sankara Abhayankara at the end. Beautiful bhajan. The stage decorations are a wonderful collage of red, pink, and orange […]
15 June 2009 Monday was the first day of programs in LA. In the evening Amma gave satsang. Bhajans: Sri Gananayaka Murali Vale Pyare Kanha Albhuta Charitre Sankara Siva Sankara Shristiyum Niye (Spanish) Ammana Divya Padambujagalige Nannu Chusi Ma Talli Ambe Jagadambe Each night, Amma includes a bhajan dedicated to Lord Shiva. Traditionally, it’s been […]
Cyclone Relief – West Bengal 2009 With great difficulty we managed to carry all the stores and supplies from the launch alighting point to the village. Many locals also helped us. The village was totally ravaged by the flood waters. Roads were washed away and houses damaged. Huge stacks of hay had been displaced and […]
Life is a Search, a constant search. Search for something one knows not. There is a deep urge to search. But one does not know what one is seeking for. Whatever we get is not going to give us any satisfaction. Everything looks beautiful from a distance. From the earth, the moon looks very beautiful. […]
Humanitarian stops through LA for thousands of hugs 07:23 PM | Brian Watt | KPCC Thousands of people are lining up at a hotel near L.A. International Airport for a hug. Not just any hug, says KPCC’s Brian Watt, but a big one from a woman many people consider a saint. Brian Watt: Her name […]
Last month a young man arrived on the penultimate day of Amma’s darshan, He called from Bankura 2 days before and said he had to meet Amma immediately as Amma had given him a pull! He had to fly from Kolkata via Chennai to reach Amritapuri so as not to miss Amma’s darshan. He arrived […]