Question 58: “How much time do you spend using the computer per day? How much time on the internet?” – To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’. Please make your answer brief and clear.

5 May, ErnakulamAt the end of darshan on the last day, about 50 staff members of Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita University, performed pada puja to Amma. Each person participated in a part of the puja; a few people for pouring the water on Amma’s feet, another few for applying the sandal paste, […]

Question 57: “For you, does spirituality mean perceiving things around us as ‘Maya’ (illusion), or seeing all as sacred forms of the divine?” – To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’. Please make your answer brief and clear.

3 May, Ernakulam Swami Amritatmananda Puri gave a beautiful speech before Amma arrived for the evening program. He mainly talked about innocence, and how people tend to use temples as places to give their lists of complaints to God. He told one story. Once there was a man begging outside a temple. He was seated […]

2 May, Ernakulam Amma reached the Ernakulam Brahmasthanam at night on the 2nd of May. The first program of Amma’s Kerala Tour starts tomorrow with a two-day brahmasthanam festival. Before Amma reached the brahmasthanam, the students from Amma’s school were chanting Vedic hymns very nicely, as well the Lalita Sahasranama and some bhajans. Actually, in […]

I first saw Amma on a CBS special: In God’s Name. I was immediately attracted to her presence. Then I saw a PBS special called: Darshan. I wrote this little poem about my experience of watching her on TV: to see a glimpse to experience a welcoming hug to feel accepted and loved this is […]

Question 56: “Do you have a TV set in your living place? How much time do you spend watching TV per day? What kind of programs do you watch most?” – To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’. Please make your answer brief and clear.

I grew up with Catholic education in the village of Ciampino, located 20 km south of Rome, and throughout childhood and adolescence I fervently attended the activities of my parish. Today I moved away from all that and my family still is not aware of what has happened to me and cannot imagine what Amma […]

Amritapuri Comes Back To Life Amma finally returned from Australia after a long wait. The faces of the ashramites had been turning slightly sad as life in Amritapuri is just not the same without her. There hadn’t even been any webcasts from the last Devi Bhavas, so the contrast was even more evident when Amma […]