Category: AshramDiary
life at the Amritapuri ashram
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Damayanthi Amma
Swamiji is pushing Damayanthi Amma, the mother of our beloved Amma, through the ashram grounds to darshan. Dhyanamrita 4 Sep 06
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Life is a celebration
it’s Onam. all over Kerala people are joyously celebrating Onam. children… they spend their days plucking flowers and running around after dragon flies, arranging the courtyard with flowers… with new dresses they swing on the trees… here also in the ashram we have one swing next to amma’s room. almost all the swamis have used
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Orphaned in this world?
Again Amma was greeted by the cheerful sound of Her children from the Parippally Orphanage. The whole front of the hall was teeming with little ones who are so full of enthusiasm when they come to Amritapuri to see their own Amma. Jai Gopalaka Jay Hitakari Arundu Cholluvan Omkara Swararupini Tirumukham Darshanam (Tamil) Kannir Katalukal
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Onam present
A cat gave birth to two kittens and is happily settled in one of the brahmachari dormitories. This reminds me of something that Amma says about devotion. Devotion is of two types. One is like that of baby monkey and one like that of a kitten. A kitten is happy wherever the mother places it.
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Spiritual name
It is nineteen years since I first met Amma. On that occasion, in Paris, we all asked her for a mantra, which she freely gave; but having a spiritual name was never an issue for us. I was from time to time bothered by being unable to explain my Christian name (Anthony), which can be
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Evening Amritapuri
Just as every day is a celebration with Amma at Amritapuri, the sky adds a colorful backdrop for every evening.
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Bhaktavatsale was sheer bliss
As Amma walked onto the stage tonight She was greeted by a cheerful “Om Amriteshwaryai Namah” from the children of Her Parippally orphanage. Amma looked happily down at the little girls in the front row smiling radiantly. I often look at the children that come near Amma and wonder at their innocence, wanting desperately to
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Amma’s Surprise Present
On the level of never ending, infinite compassion towards man and all of creation, Amma is predictable. On the level of hugging and chanting with her children Amma seems predictable. At the same time Amma is totally unpredictable, and many times the expression of her strongest blessings catch us totally by surprise. In that moment