Amritapuri ashram
  • Nice Bhajans

    8 Sep 2008, Amritapuri Tonight’s bhajans were really heartfelt especially when Amma was singing the older songs like Kalina Kanan, which always seems to take her away into realms of bliss. I’ve always liked Maheshwari Rajajeshwari, which Amma does not sing so often these days. A very special set of songs tonight: Hare Kesava Govinda

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  • Q80: Loving everyone?

    Question 80: “What stops you from loving everybody in the same way? How to get closer to that ideal?” 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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  • The word has gone around

    7 Sep 2008,  Purnia Today was a very interesting day.  Br Nijamrita and Dr Rammohan and myself went to meet the District Magistrate Mr Sridhar to discuss various issues regarding setting up a long term temporary shelters and to finalize the place for it. During the meeting he also suggested various relief camps which were

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  • Dying is cowardice

    7 Sep 2008, Bihar The second day of camps. We went to Banmankhi – opposite in direction to Bhawanipur where we went yesterday. It was a camp of ramshackle huts – made of bamboo and plastic in most part. Again the same scenes of poverty and lack. When we reached there and were setting up

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  • I could go to Bihar?

    04/09/06 Amritapuri I was standing behind Mother on a darshan day when She started talking to Brahmachari Nijamrita about Bihar and the flooding that was causing Hundreds of thousands of people to be displaced from their homes. I had heard about it on TV and in the newspapers, so I was eager to see how

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  • Amma & elephants

    6 Sep 2008, Amritapuri Amma has been feeding both elephants in front of her house last Mon, Tue and Friday after Bhajans. Such a sight.. how they stand in front of the hut, and all the trees there. I watched from above, front of my room, how Amma interacted with them. So beautiful. They both

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  • Blessed Ram and Lakshmi

    It was evening on Tuesday (02/09/2008) when Amma fed Ram and Lakshmi, the blessed elephants of the ashram.  As the naughty Ram gets the first chance to be served by Amma, he feels joyous and doesn’t let the food slip from Amma’s hands. When Amma playfully rotates the sweets in Her hands, we can feel

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  • We are very grateful to you

    6 Sep 2008, Bawanipur, Bihar We had finished for the day. The doctors were winding up. A man was standing with his small child near us. The child seemed to be enjoying sitting on the fathers shoulders, heaving up and down. “Did you get your medicines?” Dr. Sachin asked. “Yes.” “What is that on your

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  • Where do I Stay?

    6 Sep 2008, Bawanipur, Bihar We were in Bawanipur – a village in the Purnia district of Bihar, which is by the side of the most affected district Madhepura. The government had set up a relief camp in a school. Our first medical camp in this relief and rehabilitation project. I had been helping control

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