Category: WithAmma
travelling with amma
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Second day of retreat
San Ramon, California Friday, June 13th, 2008 This was the second day of retreat. Amma led the meditation outdoors near the scenic pond of San Ramon ashram. The place was very quite, surrounded by nature and perfect for meditation. There was a Question & Answer session with Amma and then She served dinner to all of us. Click here to see the san_ramon_pond.jpg Here is a list of bhajans from today’s program: Dayakaro Tum (Hindi) – New Sundar Hai Nayana Tere (Hindi) – New Nin Sneham Kondenna Un Mathan (Malayalam) Anbenum Sollukku Amma (Tamil) – New Mata Rani (Punjabi) Ammana…
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Role model to others
Thursday, June 12th, 2008 As Amma walked into the program hall today, as usual, She stretched Her arms to touch the hands of the people who were on Her pathway. Seeing this, a small child started walking in front of Amma with stretched arms, touching the hands of people! It was very exciting to watch this. Before starting the bhajans, Amma mentioned about this and said, “Knowingly or unknowingly, we inspire others. So, all of us should become role models to others”. Here is a list of bhajans from today’s program: Sankar Sut Ho Tum (Hindi) Manas Chora Radha Krishna…
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Little space inside
San Ramon, California Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Before starting the bhajans, Amma gave a short satsang. “Children, you listen to satsang everyday – you should practice them. The most important thing is the change that happens in our lives. My children, you are changing. It is the change that brought you here at Amma’s presence. Create a little space for others in our heart – inside and outside”. Here is a list of bhajans from today’s program: Dayakaro Tum (Hindi) – New Sundar Hai Nayana Tere (Hindi) Vedambike Namo Nadambike (Malayalam) Meri Jhoppidi De (Punjabi) – New Nammavaru Namagilla (Kannada)…
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6day bhajans
Amma’s sixth day program in San Ramon, California Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 Again today, Amma asked everyone if they wanted Her to answer questions or to sing bhajans. The majority of the crowd asked for ‘bhajans’. Here is a list of bhajans from today’s program: He Gananayaka Siddivinayaka (Marathi) Shyma Sundara Madhana Mohana (Hindi) Kiski Khoj (Hindi) Arigil Undengilum (Malayalam) Vilvattal Archittom (Tamil) Pahi Pahi Devi (Telugu) Oh Mind Become Surrendered (English) Mat Bhavani Mahesi Ambe (Hindi) Sudhakar
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5th day bhajans
Amma’s fifth day program in San Ramon, California Monday, June 9th, 2008 Here is a list of bhajans from today’s program: Dayakaro Tum (Hindi) – New Me Khadi Udi Ka (Sindhi) Kannunir Kondu (Malayalam) De Darshan Ma (Hindi) Ninaivai Naan Marakkayile (Tamil) – New Om Namah Shivaya Amaavele Ma Ammavele (Telugu) Ba Baro Manave (Kannada) – New Ambe Jagadambe (Hindi) Sudhakar
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Request for prasad
This one happened was during the Amma’s evening darshan program at San Ramon Jun/10/2008. A couple of us, Ananth and I were standing near the ‘JumpGrades’ information desk , talking and seeing Amma from over there. When I noticed that the kids trying out the software demo, were munching something. I was wondering what it was. Shorly after another Ajay came over to us and gave both us some prasad from Amma. I could see Ajay had just a small piece (it was raw Green Bell pepper/capsicum) and he handed most over, to the two of us and went away.…
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Non-profit accomplishment
Last week the magazine, India Today, named the medical school at Amma’s AIMS hospital as the 16th best medical school in India. It was a huge honor for this institution which is only seven years old. I took the magazine to Kinko’s to have the cover and the two page article scanned in preparation for a poster to be made so we could share the exciting news with everyone. The clerk explained that they could not scan a magazine without a signed document from the magazine editor because of copyright regulations. I was stunned knowing the impossibility of obtaining the…
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What was the Saree colour
San Ramon, California on Saturday, June 7th, 2008 Devi Bhava started at 7 PM with Amma’s satsang followed by an Atma Puja. Amma started giving darshan at around 9 PM. Amma was wearing a light green saree. That was what I thought! I was not sure about the colour of the saree, so I asked several devotees. Some said it was teal, some others replied turquoise. The other responses were emerald green, aqua green and a combination of these colours. I still don’t know what the exact colour of the saree was, but it looked beautiful because Amma was wearing…
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Humble Pie
8 June 2008, San Ramon, CA While doing seva in the kitchen I noticed a lot of cooked cereal was left over from breakfast so I asked if I could use it to make Humble Pie by baking it in the oven. My request to make Humble Pie was met with an unexpected offer: “Would you like to use the Solar Oven set up at the Green Friends table?” “Wow!” I thought, “this could show what can be done with a solar oven as well!” So I added ingredients to the cooked cereal and after mixing it together placed it…