The other night, instead of going to satsang, I had to attended a fund raising ‘soiree’ for the non-profit environmental group I work for here in Canada. I was not really looking forward to it and felt quite awkward about having to dress up for an expensive fundraising dinner in order to represent our organization […]
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17 – 20 Sep 2008, Supaul, Bihar After the successful start of the first flood relief camp by the math we set forth to more interior and more heavily affected districts and finally reached Supaul district on 18th morning. As before we started visiting various camps and looked for an ideal place for setting up […]
7 Sep 2008, Purnia Today was a very interesting day. Br Nijamrita and Dr Rammohan and myself went to meet the District Magistrate Mr Sridhar to discuss various issues regarding setting up a long term temporary shelters and to finalize the place for it. During the meeting he also suggested various relief camps which were […]
The 4th European Youth Exchange was held in M.A. Center Germany, surrounded by beautiful hills, forests and fields. This year our Finnish group consisted of six participants: Outi and Riikka had attended the Youth Exchange before but for Meira, Paprika, Reeta and Wille it was a whole new experience. The camp began with a nice […]
Spending time with people who are enthusiastic and committed to bring positive change to the world is really refreshing. The topic ‘The Future in Our Hands’ was very well explored; practical tips and inspiration encouraged all to grab the future with both hands and to be the change we want to see. The gathering of […]
Many times have I found myself wondering ‘why me’?? I really mean it … but ‘why me’?? There are a million souls in this universe and still why did I happen to be the ‘CHOSEN ONE’?? I am not sure if there’s someone existing in the name of god, but I definitely believe in DA […]
Seva — selfless service — purifies us and retrains our mind to think of others instead of our own desires. Similar to the way a parent models the behavior that they want their children to have, Amma is constantly showing us that the path to enlightenment begins with Seva. Her tireless work with the poor […]
This second “short inspiring story with Amma” probably took place about 5 or 6 years ago. It was the very first time that darshan was going beyond 9am in the morning. I remember this very clearly because we had to deal with the issue of whether to wait for darshan to end before we serve […]