Category: WithAmma
travelling with amma
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Bhajans
Before Bhajans, instead of satsang, Amma held a question and answer session. One person asked “What is Amma’s core message for the young parents with children and for all the teachers I see gathered here?” Amma’s response: “One word – Compassion”. Amma continued to sing many new bhajans from the 2007 supplement, but also included
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Bhajana 2007 Supplement
One of the hottest items being sold at the bookstore this year is the 2007 Bhajan Supplement. Practically every bhajan Amma has sung so far on the US Tour has been found in here. In fact, during the first night in San Ramon, every song (except for Om Namah Sivayah) came from the 2007 Supplement.
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Amma Amma!!!!
At the end of Devi Bhava, after the curtains came to a close, and everyone sat in reverential silence, having chanted the closing prayers, we waited for Amma’s reappearance – our one last glimpse of Her before She would leave the hall for the next city. But it wasn’t true silence. From within the Temple,
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Morning Archana
Morning Archana This morning, during Devi Bhava, at around 5:30am as darshan neared the end, Amma suddenly asked all the Tour Staff to come to the hall and join in chanting the 1000 names of the Divine Mother. Swami Amritaswarupananda first started with Amma’s 108 names. As each name was called out, everyone responded with
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Mata Rani Ki Jai!
Mata Rani Ki Jai! One of the questions on many people’s mind during the Seattle programs was whether Amma would sing ‘Mata Rani’. Most everyone had heard about how Amma had been singing this new upbeat Punjabi song in India – especially during the end of the Brahmastanam Temple Festivals. Anticipation was high and palpable
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Sweet Memories
Aum Amriteswaryai Namaha Namah Shivaya All, Its been a very long time since I posted on this site. Now Amma is in Japan and will be away from Amritapuri for 2 months and a week. Pretty long. But anyway nowadays we get to see Amma via the webcast, we get e-Darshan 🙂 . Coming back
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Sweet Reminisces
With searing average temperatures of 40 deg celcius, in the midst of a dry, rainless spell, Palakkad wasn’t exactly the coolest place to be in this time of the year. The only reason, it happened to be THE place to be, or, if you would pardon the pun, the ‘hottest’ place to visit – that
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when god is at your doorstep
you worship her every day in the puja room as devi, as the divine mother. one day she may pass your house… how would you feel? how will you react? what will you do? could such a thing happen? yes. it happened in kochi. amma was going for a house call. i was in a
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Cool Rain
i had so much to write…but nothing inspires me what to do? it is so hot, and humid. unbelievably hot. you are sweating all the time. most of the time the dress is soaked in sweat. i could not think, there was no inspiration . brain is not working.. like when the laptop is hot