Month: July 2007
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GuruPurnima
Guru Purnima celbration will start at Amritapuri on 29 from early morning onwrds.Sw. Turiyamritananda will perform gurupaduaka puja at 8.a.m.Sw. Janamritananda will give a talk.The day is completely scheduled with lot of chanting and practices, dedicated to our Guru Amma.Now, Amma is in Chile –in the last day of her program there, will be giving
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Day of no Time
We have been having lots of people at every program, The people are sweet, polite, and gentle folks. Tonight will be the Devi Bhava program and so it will more than likely be huge. Here is an interesting anecdote I learned from a local person: The day Amma arrived in Chile was considered the “day
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A following in the foothills
A following in the foothills 12:01 a.m. PT Jul 28, 2007 “I feel I have found my path in life and my purpose in life. My close friends see the change in me. It feels like coming home.” – Elyse Warner, devotee of Indian holy woman Amma famous Indian religious figures have followers in Nevada
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clapping for Amma
Crowds are so big here in Chile that morning darshan finished at 6:15pm. And already there were 5,000+ people lined up for evening darshan with hundreds more streaming in after that. Amazing for a primarily Catholic country. Amma is amazingly focused on Her duty! The people are innocent and joyful in their adoration of Her.
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Ramayana Parikrama
walking in the footsteps of ramayanait was a spontaneous decision when sw. turiyamritananda told me he was going for ramayana parikrama [circumambulation of sacred spots associated with ramayana]. i asked, can i come with you?yes, he said.we drove 400 odd kilometres to reach pulpally, the hillstation in wynad district.while driving we saw the devastation the
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Germany youth retreat
From youth retreat conducted in Germanyby Bri.Dipamrita Chaitanya & Shubamrita Chiatanya – July 2007 Amma’s Youth in Europe are moving ahead, under Her Love and guidance. The third Youth Exchange Programme held at the M.A. Center, Germany was a phenomenal success in which the youth from different parts of Europe participated. This year this programme
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Knower and the Known
Today, Swami discussed the ending part of Shankaracharya’s commentary of the 13th chapter, 2nd shloka. This was the sixth class on this shloka so far, and we reached near the end of the commentary. As said before, this part is one of the most important parts of the Shankara Bhashya of the Gita. The shoka
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Listening to a mad man
Today, Swami Kaivalyananda continued with the discussion of the 2nd shloka, 13th chapter; ‘Know Me to be the Knower in all fields; the knowledge of the field and its knower is what I consider true knowledge.’ Here, the issue being debated is that if the Lord says that it is He alone that is the