The hall was very crowded. Amma gave darshan at a faster pace than on other days. Towards the end of darshan, someone brought up an Edison Amberol Phonograph (c. 1900) – one of the earliest phonographs made. It plays music that has been recorded on wax cylinders. Amma was quite intrigued by this and listened […]
4 June 2009 Thursday’s programs were as sweet as ever. The crowds are starting to get larger as the week progresses. The weather is still cooler than usual. In the 70s during the day, and cool/crisp at night. In past years, there have been days when the temperature has reached over 100. Tonight’s Bhajans: Jai […]
4 Jun 2009, San Ramon, CA On Tuesday, Amma held a special program from 11am until 8pm on which was supposed to be a day off. It was an unusually quiet day in that many devotees who were coming from out of town had not yet arrived. It reminded many of the days 10 years […]
Born with the cries an’ eyes closed Feedin’ on mother’s breast helpless An infant was born to the Brahma’s laws ill-defined Shattered by the forces of nature, merciless The blind-one knew not, there was no one to call his own Led by the laws of Karma to be thrashed, unfaltering Between the banks of pleasures […]
Bengal Cylone Releif 2009 31st May 2009, Naginabad Village The first patient arrived at 5AM and we had to gently convey to him that the clinic would not open until 8AM as everything had to be set up. We soon organized the store, the kitchen and the clinic along with the pharmacy. It took more […]
Bengal Cylone Releif 2009 Preparations and the first day at the camp 30th May 2009 The day (26th May 2009) dawned as usual with rain bringing great relief for the people of Calcutta, who were roasted under the scorching heat for nearly a month. The people were set to their daily routine. Suddenly at about […]
Staring far into the horizon I stood Watching the sun retire for the day, Adieu! The word hath always been heartrending, Truly! A farewell isn’t painful unless You are never going to say hello again! What is so Good about GoodBye I wonder? Every death like farewell and birth like reunion I ponder But the […]
If you get a day free for yourself what would you do? This is what I would do: Since I am based in the West Coast (of the US) I may go and see the Space Needle in Seattle or the man-made wonder San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge or I may spend the day driving […]
from SeattlePI.com Mata Amritanandamayi opens her arms to anyone. Estimates are that India’s “Hugging Saint” has hugged more than 25 million people of every race on almost every continent. Amma (“Mother”), as she also is known, added more embraces to that total when she hugged over 3,000 people at Seattle Center’s Fischer Pavilion on Friday. […]