Category: WithAmma
travelling with amma
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Bhajans in Kodungallor
The 21st of December was Amma’s first day of programs in Kodungallor. Here are the bhajans that Amma sang at the morning’s program:1. He Gananayaka2. Krishna Govinda Gopala Rama Hari Nama Gavo3. Kerunna Manasa Amma4. Om Namah Shivaya5. Manase Nin Svantamayi6. Jay Jay Janani And here are the bhajans that she sang in the evening program:1. Sankar
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Blessed children
21 dec, Kodungallur – bharata yatra 2007 When Amma reached Kodungallur it was already 6 pm. the hostel children of Amrita Vidyalayam welcomed Amma with padpuja. You could hear them say ‘I washed amma’s feet!’ ‘i put chandana!’ ‘i did kumkum!’ ‘i did the arati’… etc. These kids are really blessed to be in amma’s
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Don’t expect, be in the flow
21 dec, Kozhikode — bharata yatra 2007 That was the grand finale in Kozhikode.Imagine what it would have been. You guessed it right: Mata Rani!!! But Amma asked to play the music and Amma started dancing at the end of darshan. a few mantras and then there were more than 50 babies for annaprasham -to
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Expect before your expectation.
Expect Amma before your expectation — Bharata Yatra — 20 dec 2007, Kozhikode Amma says that her life is like that of a river. flowing all the time — flowing towards all parts of the world. flowing into the humble, into the poor, into the suffering — to awaken, to fulfill, to purify. Amma says that she
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Wait and see
I was in the shuttle staff this summer. The shuttle shack is the place where we organize the rides for devotees from the ashram to their respective destinations. It sometimes becomes a very anxious place because sometimes people have to wait for a long time to get their rides. Here are couple of leelas: *
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Sky Blue in Toulon
4 Nov 2007, Amritapuri During the satsang translations, we could see Amma leaning over to look intently at the laptop that was beside Her. She pointed at the screen a few times. All the Brs. who were gathered on stage started waving like little kids – hoping to get Her attention. After the puja, when
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Ancora! Bravissimo! Bravissimo!
28 October 2007, Italy Traditionally one does not applaud a bhajan. It is a prayer set to music. The intent of singer is not to perform for others, but to pray through song. Similarly, the listener is attempting to focus on God through the medium of the song, more often than not singing along himself.
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Red
Red….or was it maroon? Again, the conflicting images on the main screen and the laptop made it hard to determine the true color. Someone said ‘looks like Campbell Soup red’. Another said ‘almost red’. Yet another said it was ‘so red, not an off-red, not pink. It was bright, flaming red.’ Anyway, there was big
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Snowing Munich
Munich, Germany 21.10 The journey from Switzerland to Germany was very scenic with deep forests and mountainous ranges. At one point we had to drive our van to a ferry and cross the beautiful lake Bodensee, a place where Switzerland, Austria and Germany meet. The drive to Munich was not that long and we arrived