Category: AshramDiary
life at the Amritapuri ashram
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Initial struggle
Tiredness is beginning to accumulate.Standing in the lift, already hot and sticky, on the ninth floor of E block at 4.30am this morning with a group of people from all over the world, all yawning and looking groggy-eyed, I smiled to myself and thought how only Amma could bring us all together in this rather
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Amma always comes back
Om Amriteshvaryai Namah It’s been a hectic week at Amritapuri. Amma has been giving satsangs in the temple every day this week. On Thursday Amma asked for questions and answers but no one had any. One of the devotees started a long speech in praise of Amma while she looked alternately amused and embarrassed. He
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In Amma’s Service
Mukti, my wife, and I went to darshan about 2AM at the last Devi Bava in San Ramone this past June. Amma asked us to sit near her. A young Indian woman came for darshan to ask many detailed questions in a mixture of Hindi, Malayalam, and English. We heard the word “physics” pop into
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Albhuta charite
A lot of new bhajans tonight, I was feeling tired and sleepy and then suddenly Amma began to sing one of the old songs : “Albhuta Charitre Amara Vandite” ” O Thou to whom the celestials bow down, whose tale is wonderful, grant us the strength to be devoted to Thy feet – We offer
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Amma was thinking about you
Returning to Amritapuri after a gap of three years; how would it be? Would it have changed beyond all recognition? I had heard stories of tight security, going through airport-style detectors to get into the darshan hall. Would I feel at home? Would I get a chance to get near Amma? As I entered the
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Sweets Guru & translation
So, I, who am a Westerner, have been translating a Swami’s talks about Sri Shankaracharya’s commentary of the Gita in Malayalam to English for the Western devotees here. What? Yes, I think many people are surprised at this. Let me tell you a bit about how this began. Before Amma left the ashram for Her
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chappathi machine
a new chappathi machine was installed in the ashram today. it started its seva by 4 pm this evening in our kitchen. you just need to feed the raw flour(mixed with water) to the machine. the machine will do the rest. — will flatten the ‘mav’ then cut into the shape of chappathi, carries it