Author: Amrita
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Non-profit accomplishment
Last week the magazine, India Today, named the medical school at Amma’s AIMS hospital as the 16th best medical school in India. It was a huge honor for this institution which is only seven years old. I took the magazine to Kinko’s to have the cover and the two page article scanned in preparation for
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What was the Saree colour
San Ramon, California on Saturday, June 7th, 2008 Devi Bhava started at 7 PM with Amma’s satsang followed by an Atma Puja. Amma started giving darshan at around 9 PM. Amma was wearing a light green saree. That was what I thought! I was not sure about the colour of the saree, so I asked
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Humble Pie
8 June 2008, San Ramon, CA While doing seva in the kitchen I noticed a lot of cooked cereal was left over from breakfast so I asked if I could use it to make Humble Pie by baking it in the oven. My request to make Humble Pie was met with an unexpected offer: “Would
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Story Time
San Ramon, California on Friday, June 6th, 2008 After Swami Amritatmananda’s satsang this evening, Amma asked everyone if they wanted a Her to answer questions or to sing bhajans. The majority of the crowd called out ‘bhajans’. Some voices asked for ‘Mata Rani’. One devotee asked for Amma to tell a story. Amma said that
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Smile and be happy
San Ramon, California on Thursday, June 5th, 2008 A bramachari gave a satsang this evening. Amma said that there is no need for Her to give a satsang as well as one does not have to eat a sack full of sugar to taste its sweetness. Amma said that She wants Her children to smile
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San Ramon Bhajans
Amma’s program started in San Ramon, California on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Here is a list of songs from the first day evening program, most of them were new songs from Bhajan Supplement 2008: Dayakaro Tum (Hindi) – New Sundar Hai Nayana Tere (Hindi) – New Ennilae Enne (Malayalam) Meri Jhoppidi De (Punjabi) – New
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Opening to Grace
Seva — selfless service — purifies us and retrains our mind to think of others instead of our own desires. Similar to the way a parent models the behavior that they want their children to have, Amma is constantly showing us that the path to enlightenment begins with Seva. Her tireless work with the poor
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As is Above, So is Below
24 – 25 May 2008, Kobe, Japan It is said that to show a sign of reverence one must look up upon that which is to be honored. Upon seeing the set-up of the Kobe Home Stadium program, that was my first thought. How could we all sit above and look down on our Beloved
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Kids Camp
16 May 2008, Amritapuri The kids camp here in Amritapuri has started in full force. Thousands of kids from all the over the state descended upon the ashram yesterday. The whole place is turned upside down with laughter and goodhearted mischief. The good thing about it is that although Amma is really busy receiving all