Suddenly around midnight Amma surprised everyone by coming out to swim! The usual fun and games followed: Amma pushing everyone into the pool, coming up with funny stories, singing bhajans etc. Earlier Amma came for bhajans in between receiving ashramites in her room. She sang the following bhajans: Dayakaro Tum Hi Viraha Ki Badal Vedambike […]
13 may 2009 For the past week Amma has been receiving the ashram residents in her room for a yearly private darshan where they can ask her question related to their spiritual life or whatever might weigh on their mind. This is no small task and means that Amma will sit from morning until early […]
Having gained admission into the top masters programme for parallel and distributed computing, that too, in Tanenbaum’s university thrilled me beyond words. I was overjoyed when I heard the news. But the question that trailed along was what next? I mean the expenses for travelling, studies, housing etc have to be covered, and I was […]
In Holi Company —Coloring is fun but getting colored is even more fun! In my childhood, I used to wait for the festival of Holi, because I used to enjoy splashing colors on others. That was the only day we kids were allowed to fool around. We even used to fill small balloons with colored […]
4 Feb 2009, Amaritapuri i was sitting next to amma when she was giving away the certificates for the 2nd batch of Medical Students in AIMS,who got graduated. That was such an emotional environment … mixed feelings, some crying, amma teasing some young doctors, like… “yedaa, you became a doctor … !!!???” and sudden laughs […]
Masterpiece of Synchronicity 05.02.2009 Thursday Darshan in the Bhajan Hall At 9 pm I just go on stage and Amma is just eating something, looks like bread or so. Amma really likes it a lot and keeps eating, its quite big. Amma looks to all of us on the ladies side and is asking whether […]
04.02.2009 Wednesday Darshan is in the Kali temple. The 2nd batch of Medical Students in AIMS, has graduated and all came to receive their blessings and certificates from Amma. For all the 96 students, a photo was made for each one as they had Darshan and received the certificate. It was so, so sweet. It […]
10 jan 2009, amritpauri amma was coming after the bhajans from the stage, back to her room. many are lined on both sides with stretching hands to touch amma. amma tried to touch people standing on either side by stretching her hands on both sides, spreading like wings of a bird. just touching amma is […]
Three days before Amma left for the South India tour, She surprised us on a quiet Friday by coming down from her room for an afternoon of rice threshing seva. Apparently the ashram has some farm land and this was the first harvest. I was lucky enough to be there to see her demonstrating and […]