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Dancing to the Music
19 Jan, Coimbatore — Bharata Yatra Today Amma led the sani puja. The first part starts 6:30 p.m., with a talk by a brahmachari. At 7:30 or so, Amma came down to lead the puja. At about 9:00, Amma was ready to lead the bhajans, before concluding the last part. At this time, she said, ‘if you have any leg pain, you can stand up.’ This was translated in Tamil, and a few people stood. But the Westerners couldn’t understand, so all of them stoop up. At this Amma laughed. After some time, they figured it out, but one man…
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jai jai kar
19 jan, covai — bharata yatra 2008all the time pujas led by amma are very powerful — pujas led by god herself. when you think about it, wow!….. it’s a totally different feeling. and todays sani puja in covai was no exceptional. the bhajans amma sang were all very powerful fast ones. it was so powerful that in the gap of the second and third song, one of the devotees from the west stood up and called out ‘mata rani ki’ and the devotees responded ‘jai’. he repeated again and again. amma looked at him and smiled – ‘ mata rani…
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Q38: Practice of Dharma?
Question 38: “What is the main dharma in a human life? How do you practice this in your normal daily existence?” ——————————— To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’. Please make your answer brief and clear.
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Oil painting
20 Jan 2008 I am writing with my still-yellowed turmeric-stained hands as evidence of my participation in the Rahu Puja this morning. And I have learned that when one waits for breakfast and arrives late for one’s veggie chopping seva, one has a greater chance of receiving the dullest knife, the largest cabbage, and a lovely spot in the direct sun on a steeply-slanted dirt slope. With cutting boards balanced precariously on our laps and a new appreciation for the stubbornness of cabbage, we chanted softly to Archana (chanted by the men this time around) and then to the local…
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sit quiet and relax
18 jan 2008, covai In the evening when amma was talking there were lots of noises. sounds of people talking and talking. she finished her talk started meditation. amma asked every one to keep silence. because they were all trying to jump into the darshan queue. but it would take another one hour to start darshan, after amma’s bhajans. amma insisted that everybody should keep silence. hearing the ‘talking crowd’ amma said that when you are in a train there is no point in running forward to reach your destination faster. the train will take you there. only when it…
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New Bhajan Time
18 Jan 2008, Covai It’s that time of year again. the time when new bhajans flow forth. Lyrics are penned and new melodies are composed for the upcoming tours. For many, they will become the defining sounds of 2008. The two evenings before the South Indian Tour, after dinner, Amma headed to the stage in the main hall to practice and record the new bhajans. Over a dozen are there. Only the musicians and composers were permitted inside on the stage. The first night, Amma stayed past 3am. A few people sat outside, their ears pressed against the door hoping…
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Devoted in Covai
18 jan 2008, Covai Here is Amma’s first program this year in Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu is a place with a really deep spiritual culture, probably the home of more saints then anywhere else. The culture is seen in the devotees coming for darshan. There is many smiling faces, lots of devotion.. During the archana, I sat near one four-member family. The mother and father were deeply immersed in the chanting, even though their two young ones (maybe 6 and 9) were disturbing them, trying to find just the right way to rest on them. This really amazed me, that…
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Signs
18 Jan 2008, coimbatoreThe other day I was discussing with one senior brahmachari about how many devotees who come to see Amma for the first time have extraordinary experiences. One example he said was a woman who had a dream where Amma appeared and gave her two coins, which she found in her hands when she woke up. Though she had never met Amma before, she came for darshan and asked Amma what to do with the coins. Amma replied by telling her to keep them in her puja room. Like this, how many thousands have unexplainable and extraordinary experiences…
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And the Tour Begins
18 Jan 2008, Covai Sitting on the second floor balcony, swaddled in my sari and caressing the last remnants of my morning chai, I am enjoying the morning sun – not yet burning with the ferocity that will later send me searching for shade. My charkas spin and dance to the vibrations of the second recitation of the thousand names of the Divine Mother drifting up from the stage below. I am remembering a scene from the night before that will continue to bring tears to my eyes for the rest of this lifetime. With hands pressed together in front…
