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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 did not have any skill or knowledge about construction and I could not speak the local language. I was quite wondering whether I could be of any help there. When I arrived and started working, children gathered and looked at us with curiosity. I think…
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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 village. Our relationship with the children encouraged me to do my best to complete their school as soon as possible, so that they can start attending the school regularly without any worry. With such motivation, I enjoyed working for two weeks with local people. Among…
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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 my heart I see You have always been there Mending its pieces… – by Nisrine (Lebanon)
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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 students have came to see Amma when she came to have program in Tokyo this time. They all felt Amma’s love and care for humanity. Many students did seva in the canteen serving chai or food during Amma’s program in Tokyo. They enjoyed a lot.…
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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
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 stretches of blocks have come down. Even cities where you would houses to be have more steel, cement,.. But even here we see so many empty lots with heaps of rubble showing that a building once stood there. We visited many villages in Sindhupal Chowk…
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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 heap of rubble – stones, mud, wooden slats and beams, and rattling tin sheets. I went closer to see if anyone was around, but was greeted by an absence. This was not stone and wood – this was a home. It maybe had a mother…
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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 jungles which they have cut for use in their homes and villages. Special yogasanas that focus on the lower back and knees were developed and were taught to the women to help ease the physical stress of their labors. Women of all ages participated in…
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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. Some lost their lives but in kilometer long stretches which look like war zones – bombed out – almost everyone has lost their houses and all they had. But the people are resilient…scavenging through the rubble that was their home for anything of use. Some…
