Amritapuri ashram
  • Mysterious Bhavani, Mysterious Amma

    Jan, Bharata Yatra 2009 This south indian tour has been fascinating for me. Usually I have seen Amma on US tours- somehow seeing Her near temples and holy rivers, seems more appropriate than in hotels and ballrooms… This time was the first time I accompanied Amma’s famous trips to Her favorite Bhavani river. Little did

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  • Living in the present with Amma

    We on tour with Amma are learning this lesson intensely – to live in the present, whether on the journey or in the destination. While our straight-jacket mind thinks of program places as the real events of the tour, it calculates the distance between places and time of journey etc. Sometimes more than even the

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  • Looking into her eyes

    When Amma came to my hometown in the U.S., I didn’t know what darshan was or what it meant. A friend told me, “Amma is a saint! It is a huge blessing to be in her presence.” I got a token, I got a hug, and afterwards I wasn’t sure how I felt about it.

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  • Q106: Worst Habit?

    Question 106: “What is your worst habit? Have you tried changing it?” To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’. Please think well before you answer, and make your answer brief and clear.

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  • Fruits of my action

    18 Jan 2009, Bhavani River, Bharata Yatra 2009 About two years ago, when I was living at the San Ramon ashram, I had to drive into San Francisco one day for work. San Francisco is about an hour away and there are many homeless people in the city. I had brought a lunch with me

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  • Free cellphone

    Bharata Yatra 2009, When i arrived in the Ashram 3 days earlier I didnt know that i ‘d go on tour with Amma. And when i learned about it, I decided to go even if i was not very confident for I dont know much about AMMA, I dont even know what “Aum Namah Shivaya”

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  • Love in Coimbatore

    18 Jan 2009, Coimbatore In Coimbatore during a morning darshan I was standing on the first floor of the school which gave a full view of Amma giving darshan. She was doing this in full speed. People pushed and rushed to secure darshan tokens in exchange for the timecards served on their arrival. It looked

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  • Q105: Saddest day?

    Question 105: “What was the saddest day in your life? Do you feel it to have also been, a valuable spiritual learning experience?” To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’. Please think well before you answer, and make your answer brief and clear.

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  • inner coolness

    13- 14 jan 2009, Bharata Yatra 2009, Kodungallur on the 12th  evening amma arrived at amrita vidyalayam, kodungullar. amma stayed there.  the ashram is about one kilometer away. i saw an old man, who was supposed to be at amrita university for an ugc inspection – but was here. i asked him why he was

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