Category: AshramDiary
life at the Amritapuri ashram
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nanda gopan tapamirunnu
25 aug 2008, amritapuri the night of krishna jayanthi at amritapuri is some thing to be seen, to be a participant in, to be experienced. amma is always smiling. today her smile has a speciality – a bewitching one. she is ecstatic and she takes all others to this realm of bliss. how do i
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the karma of a koorma
24 aug 2008, amritapuri it was sri krishna’s birthday. but there were such an enthusiasm that one would feels that its one ‘s own birthday. The whole ashram was in ecstasy. when amma came to the uriyadi grounds, there were about 400 small krishnas, radhas, gopas and gopis + the incarnations of lord vishnu. its
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The Magic of Ammas Love
It is so nice to see people change in Amma’s Love.We had an IAM class last week. There were about 80 people – as usual from all over the world, from the East to the West.One lady came up to me during a break and asked me, “I do not know whether my question is
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Eyes are on the Goal
Recently there was one lady at Amritapuri. After becoming a part of the Amma family, she had with the help of other local devotees initiated many new charitable service activities. And through these activities they had been really helping a lot of needy people, reaching out to a lot of new people with Amma’s message.
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Chocolates for Meditation
There have been a series of IAM meditation classes here in Amritapuri – even for the children. It was the first time I was taking a class for children in Amritapuri. There were children from all over. Some serious and some…. – You Know! It was so beautiful to watch all the children and how
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Love & Life
an indian couple was getting amma’s darshan. the woman had lots of complaints. they fought often. amma told the man “you already married four times. you’re too old. you will not get another wife. take care of her children as well as yours. start loving them. without adjustments, peace is not possible.” it was a
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Parippuvada
a devotee brought parippuvada to amma during darshan. the moment she opened the vessel. the smell of curry leaves and dal fried in pure coconut oil filled the darshan stage. yummm.. my nostrils flared in appreciation. looking at amma i told her, it’s very good. very good smell. i took a lung full of air.
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prayers be fulfilled
9 aug 2008 different people come to amma for different reasons. sometimes its interesting to know, what brings them to amma. i met monisha, 11 years, from chennai amrita vidyalayam, who participated in the asian chess competition held recently in iran. she got the 2nd prize. she wants to be recognized as a grand master
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Recycling
I have found a new source of enjoyment in my current seva. It is sorting the recycling into categories that can be sold or disposed of. Bins are collected from all over the ashram; the burnable items are separated and taken to be burnt; then we sort the remainder by type: plastic water bottles, other