Amritapuri ashram
  • Back To Life

    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

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  • Four Bhavas, Four Colours

    During the Singapore, Malaysia, Australia Tour, Amma held four Devi Bhavas – one in Singapore, and three in Australia (Melbourne, Gold Coast, and Sydney). Though Amma always remains the same – radiating Her divine love on everyone present –  each Devi Bhava had it’s own personality, so to say. Despite the fact that I was

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  • Pumping Iron, Gaining Punya

    Amma’s Sydney programmes were held in the gymnasium of the Sydney Boy’s High School. At the end of Devi Bhava, around 6 am, after Amma had left for the airport, the hall was still bustling with activity. Everything from the rented sound-system and stage to the supplies for darshan, bookstall, flower-shop and other various departments

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  • Q55: Compassion, Detachment or Discrimination?

    Question 55: “For you, what is the ideal spiritual attitude towards the matters of the world: compassion, detachment or discrimination?” – To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’. Please, contemplate on the question first, and make your answer brief and clear.

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  • 54 Questions Milestone II

    On the occasion of ’54 Questions Milestone’, and after posting the list of the questions 1 to 27, here is now the list of questions 28 to 54 Q28- What is the most significant change in you since meeting Amma? Q29- How often do you watch a sunset? What is special about it? Q30- What

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  • 54 Questions Milestone

    We have now reached Question 54! 54 is a very auspicious number, as it is Amma’s age, as well as being half of 108. Our aim is to keep this section running till we reach the 108 Question Milestone! Today, we are happy to share with you that Amma is sometimes told about the questions

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  • Q54: Why answer?

    Question 54: “Why do you actually read and answer the questions posted here? Do you think that you have spiritually benefited from this section?” – To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’. Please, contemplate on the question first, and make your answer clear.

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  • Surrendering to Amma

    What an extraordinary time! It was under two weeks before Amma’s tour was to begin. Amidst the anticipation and all the ups and downs that inevitably occur before Amma’s arrival, we received a call that my father-in-law was ill. He had been in a nursing home for the past 4 years with dementia and increasing

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  • At the Melbourne Ashram

    10 April 2008 This past Thursday, Amma’s divine presence soaked deep into our hearts as we sat outside at her feet for the first time in the Australian Ashram in Melbourne.  We had all been longing for this moment since Guru Purnima 2006 when we were given approval to purchase the property. The gathering began

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