Category: AshramDiary
life at the Amritapuri ashram
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Amma’s Court Jester
Filming Amma is certainly a unique way to experience Her divine presence. One has to be on their toes and alert at all times. It can get so crazy around Amma sometimes, that the mind has many opportunities to act up. Amma always finds a way to bring you back to the present moment though.
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fresh and new after deep meditation.
Om Amriteshvaryai Namah Weekends are incredibly busy here. Saturday and Sunday Amma is giving darshan on the big stage all day. It is very like Devi Bhava except that it goes on all day. This morning Amma came at 10am and it is now 10.16pm and she is about to finish. The ashram has been
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Joy in the rain
As I left my seva at Amrita University I heard thunder, then the sound of swiftly approaching wind in the branches of the coconut palms. Rain began falling through the atrium of the AICT-Biotech building, bouncing off the plants, falling into the pond below. Unfurling my umbrella I walked swiftly toward the boat jetty in
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More Contractrs…
I had to go across the backwater to the computer college (Amrita University) to help with a project for Amrita TV. Amrita TV, Amma’s TV channel is up and running and is apparently becoming the most popular channel in Kerala. Nine years ago the multimedia department consisted of nothing but two computers; now,there are two
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Delightful bhajan evenings
Tonight Amma delighted her Spanish children by singing ‘Ishwar Tumhi’ in Spanish. At the moment there are a lot of Spanish devotees in the ashram and as many of them do not speak English Amma has sang quite a lot in the Latin tongue lately. Another novelty was the Italian version of the Song Lokah
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Reflection of our feelings
OM Amriteswaryai Namaha Today was another interesting and lovely day around Amma. I missed out the question answer session with Amma due to work and landed up at the ashram during lunch time and was lucky enough to just be there for the last few words by Amma and then the concluding bhajan of “Hari
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Coming Home
This year the ashram seems home more than before as I arrive after a summer away from the ashram. The loving greetings exchanged between the residents and visitors from all over the world have warmed all hearts. People seem very sweet and relaxed, perhaps because the hard physical work that followed the tsunami was replaced
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it happened years back
Om Namah Shivaya.. Its nice to see an Ashram diary Blog site.. where all the thoughts are put together. This happened many years back.. My parents were getting ready to meet someone… & I heard them speaking about this Lady who blesses people & that it might worth be a visit.. I wanted to go
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Trip to Amirta Niketan
– Amma’s orphanage at Parippally Fifty-one people from all over the world spent the day with children at the orphanage. They danced and sang for each other; the best form of communication as many people spoke only Spanish, French, Italian and even Czech. The children were particularly fascinated by a singer from the Cameroons who