Month: September 2008
-
multi-tasking amma
4 sep 2005, amritapuri now, even during weekdays, the day’s darshan goes well past 10 p.m. while amma is giving darshan, swamis and others will continue singing in turns through out the darshan time. today it was different. swamiji was singing bhajans below the stage; amma was on the stage and giving darshan. i was
-
the way to connect to god
there was a 3- or 4-year old boy who has been coming with amma to the stage for bhajans for the past few days. amma gave him her own mic and asked him to sing. he sang — jaya jaya natha gajanana. only a few lines. everyone clapped. then came the surpprise… ‘ premaswarupikalum, atma
-
right understanding
this happened last week. he opened the door and came in to the computer room to say good bye. who is he? he is the one who got the name from amma the last night. this 8-year-old had no name? yes he had. but he felt that his name was one belonging to girls, not
-
First visit to flood affected Bihar
5 Sept 2008, Purnia, Bihar After the massive flood in Bihar, which has left half the state underwater, Amma asked me to go and scope out ways in which the Ashram can help. Brahmacharini Rasamarita Chaitanya was similarly instructed by Amma. I arrived in Patna on 2nd September and met with various IAS officers. They
-
Q79: Dream surrounding?
Question 79:“What would be the dream surrounding in which you would want to be with Amma? (Nature, Her room, your house, etc.)”To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’. Please make your answers brief and clear.
-
Improvisations
Tonight again the same little boy climbed up on Amma’s peetham and after Amma had taken her seat she handed him the microphone and off he went with his improvisations. This time he also did an impersonation of me announcing the bhajans with the result that Amma turned around laughing at me with an amused
-
Touch of Ecstasy
There is a little Indian boy here at the moment who has the honor of launching the bhajans as he gets up on the peetham with Amma , takes the microphone and starts innocently and without any self consciousness chanting his mixture of mantras, bhajans and complete nonsense. It is quite interesting to watch him