Interview by Priyan Vyasa (Gregory Mc Farland, USA) has been a devotee of Amma for 31 years now! He is visiting Amritapuri for a month, to be with Amma for her 60th Birthday Celebrations. Even though since Her 1st world tour in 1987, he meets Amma every year when She visits the USA, it has […]

Mother Earth trembled and shivered, as the demons tormented and shattered the lives of many innocent… Then was the arrival of the Divine, memorable. The day was Bhadrapada, Ashtami, as the Divine willed An infant was born in the midst of conditions, unthinkable. Yet full of splendor, a beaming smile and bluish-hued The Lord arrived […]

To my dearest charioteer Please come O happy moon.. Please remove my unnecessary sorrow.. I cry hard but its not leaving me!! O dear saviour!! wont you come to save me ? cries– my heart.. throbs– my heart.. Giver of the giver.. I am nothing… Please come… O pearl of my heart.. You blossom in […]

Mother, though the blazing Sun rose in the East, The dawn looked so dull as if the Creator was silent. Ma, all Gods sang for Thy waking up in Raga Bhoopala, And it was the time for all learned to offer a gift of Kala. Filling the quarters with the melody of song and dance, […]

Mother! There is a glimpse, a glimpse of God, as you sing. Every word you utter, is a word of God, a mantra to invoke God. When you smile, it is the smile of God. When you cry, it is the crying of God, so compassionately, concerned. As you speak, it is Bliss. If you […]

On string of time, pearls of life roll in front of her, We move out of her hugs to a new world, wearing a glow on our faces. By a mere look, she reads, faces of our history. Looking afar she foresees, our births and deaths yet to come. Smiling she embraces, past, present n’ […]

Holding her finger tips my spirits rose. I clung on to her hand as a dream walker. While floating as a butterfly by wings of emotions, disbelief faltered my steps. She guided me to the porch of her love. Seeing many hands waiting for her grace, she swiftly released mine, stretched her hands to the […]

Ma, the moments of despair are e’er caused by lust, The Guru as Self in Thy form directs all who are lost. So dreadful is the enemy lust, surpassing the fiercest, Yet the saviour is a mere speck of dust at Thy Lotus Feet. So deluded was I that I took my enemy to be […]

Question 224: Amma says: “The attitude ‘I will only accept success’ is wrong. Learn to also accept the responsibility of failures.” How do you understand this? Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).