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Q64: Favorite Tree?
Question 64: “What is your favorite tree or plant? Why? What does it symbolize for you?“ – To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’. Please make your answer brief and clear.
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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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Q63: Yes to Life?
Question 63: “Amma teaches us to “say ‘Yes’ to life“. What is your understanding of this teaching? To what extend do you succeed in practising it?” – To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’. Please make your answer brief and clear.
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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…
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Story Time
San Ramon, California on Friday, June 6th, 2008 After Swami Amritatmananda’s satsang this evening, Amma asked everyone if they wanted a Her to answer questions or to sing bhajans. The majority of the crowd called out ‘bhajans’. Some voices asked for ‘Mata Rani’. One devotee asked for Amma to tell a story. Amma said that we should have the following threee attitudes: 1. Watch our thoughts carefully, 2. Be compassionate to the world and 3. Be truthful to others. She also talked about Prakriti, Vrikriti and Samskriti. Amma said that we have knowledge but we lack discrimination. To illustrate this…
