Amritapuri ashram
  • I am not sure how much I could offer

    I am not sure how much I could offer

    My name is Saeka Takeuchi, I am ferris university 2nd year student. I would like to share an experience with Amma for the first time in Tokyo program. I travelled to India to take part in one of Amma’s service activities, a project to build houses. Before travelling to India, I was anxious because I

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  • Amma is coming to Japan

    Hi, everyone, I am Nobuaki Ishii, a Japanese University student. I came to know about Amma when I participated in a school construction project in Uttarakhand. It was my first visit and India at first was overwhelming but soon I started loving this country because of the warmth and hospitality of the children of the

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  • The Temple of Your Heart

    The temple of Your heart Is my home Of prayers I build my altar In the secret Of Your smile I drink at the fountain Of eternity In the depth of Your eyes You water my roses With Your tears Of compassion You build my life With your warm Embrace And when I look Into

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  • He learned more and received more

    He learned more and received more

    As you know, there were 63 students from Japan who came to Uttarakand last Feb-March for two weeks. Unfortunately that time they could not meet amma while they were in India, since the project site was remote area, far away in the mountain, and students have tight budget and limited times in India. However many

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  • It is a distinct honor to take part in Amma’s service activities

    It is a distinct honor to take part in Amma’s service activities

    I told Amma how I was thankful to her for making the environment for me to participate in volunteer activity in India. Amma kindly took away my anguish and nervousness in my daily life

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  • A song from the ruins

    A song from the ruins

    The scenes in all villages are similar… scenes of desolation. Where there were settlements, there are mounds of rubble. Almost nothing is left of the villages here. Almost no houses survive. And even in the towns and cities have not been spared – townships like Bhaktapur and Saku have seen large scale devastation, where vast

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  • Where does that door lead to?

    Where does that door lead to?

    We are in Sindhupal Chowk, the most affected area as far as causalities and maybe even in damages. The district has seen 1,800 or more causalities. When we commit such figures to paper they seem to lose their life – one more figure in an endless stream of figures. I stood in front of a

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  • Yoga classes in Kedar Valley

    Several yoga camps were conducted for women in the Himalayan villages of Dunda in Uttarksh, and Jabri, Agastyamuni, Ukhimath, and Guptkashi in Kedar Valley. The women in these villages are known for doing all the work at home and in the fields. Twice a day, they carry extremely heavy bundles of grass out of the

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  • One wonders how they managed in Nepal

    One wonders how they managed in Nepal

    30 April, Nepal If we could think of a name for this small lane, it could well be ‘Misery Lane’. The houses here are big. They used to house joint families, some houses having 20 or 30 members. But unfortunately these were old multi-storey structures made of bricks and mud….and it all came tumbling down.

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