16 June 2009 Tonight’s bhajans were included the other new Siva Bhajan: Iswara Parameshwara.  It’s one of the more upbeat of the new bhajans with a rousing repetition of Siva Siva Hara Hara that transforms into Sankara Abhayankara at the end.  Beautiful bhajan. The stage decorations are a wonderful collage of red, pink, and orange […]

15 June 2009 Monday was the first day of programs in LA. In the evening  Amma gave satsang. Bhajans: Sri Gananayaka Murali Vale Pyare Kanha Albhuta Charitre Sankara Siva Sankara Shristiyum Niye (Spanish) Ammana Divya Padambujagalige Nannu Chusi Ma Talli Ambe Jagadambe Each night, Amma includes a bhajan dedicated to Lord Shiva.   Traditionally, it’s been […]

Cyclone Relief – West Bengal 2009 With great difficulty we managed to carry all the stores and supplies from the launch alighting point to the village. Many locals also helped us. The village was totally ravaged by the flood waters. Roads were washed away and houses damaged. Huge stacks of hay had been displaced and […]

Life is a Search, a constant search. Search for something one knows not. There is a deep urge to search. But one does not know what one is seeking for. Whatever we get is not going to give us any satisfaction. Everything looks beautiful from a distance. From the earth, the moon looks very beautiful. […]

Humanitarian stops through LA for thousands of hugs 07:23 PM | Brian Watt | KPCC Thousands of people are lining up at a hotel near L.A. International Airport for a hug. Not just any hug, says KPCC’s Brian Watt, but a big one from a woman many people consider a saint. Brian Watt: Her name […]

Last month a young man arrived on the penultimate day of Amma’s darshan, He called from Bankura 2 days before and said he had to meet Amma immediately as Amma had given him a pull! He had to fly from Kolkata via Chennai to reach Amritapuri so as not to miss Amma’s darshan. He arrived […]

A rainbow appeared at the ashram on 14th; one end of the bow touching Amrita Kripa hospital and other Ayurveda college across the back waters. click to enlarge. – photo by Sri Hari

13 Jun 2009 Devi Bhava just ended about 45 minutes ago.  Amma wore a beautiful maroon sari with gold decorations and trim. Friday was the second day of the retreat.  Amma held a Q&A session outside.  It was quite cold and actually started drizzling briefly just as Amma sat down on the peetham (which was […]

4 th June 2009, Deulbari , W Bengal Cyclone Relief – West Bengal 2009 The next two days went off similarly. One the 3rd day some senior government officials came to visit the camp and were generally happy with the work that was being done. While discussing they mentioned that there was some local talk […]