Category: Seva
selfless service, sadhana, and its joy
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No it’s road seva!
Bridge seva has started again today! No. it’s road seva! I was at the ashram and had some free time so i decided to sit for sometime around mother before i could get back to my work at the engineering college, but as i was making my way towards the kali temple, i heard amma make an announcement on the mike, it wasnt very clear, so i went up and asked around and was told mother wanted all the bramhacharis and bramhacharinis to go make a path towards the bridge which involves a lot of filling work, so lot of…
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Luv in Vallikkavu
I decided to go to the concret seva at the Amrita Setu and take some shots to put up on the website. The work was in full swing. I shot some pics. Seeing the work and enthusiasm of the people, there was an irresistible pull. I switched off my camera, hung it around my neck, took the shovel and started off. I felt like becoming brick in the bridge of compassion of Amma. The bridge is Amma’s compassion for the villagers. Most of the newcomer Brahmacharis and devotees were wondering… ‘How come he is doing it so fast and efficiently?’…
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Like one of Rama’s Monkeys
The word was out last night! Sunday morning, all the ashram residents would be doing ‘bridge seva’!Amma’s request ! I decided i’d go and join in… the seva was due to start at 9.30 am…i got held up for sometime due to some unavoidable circumstances…around 11.30 i got ready to leave for the bridge, before i left, i told a bramhachari who works with me, ‘today i’m going to build the bridge, like one of rama’s monkeys!’, he laughed and said goodbye. when i got to the bridge, i saw the hospital doctors sitting there, totally grey from the cement!…