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Before the flower shower
Rio Devi Bhava 11 p.m. There are 11 weddings scheduled. “it’s overwhelming” is what some people in the bookstore had said yesterday, and I might suggest that 11 weddings is in the same category. The lines of people at the bookstore tables are several people deep 12:15 The photographer was just talking to me about
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Sweetness in Toronto
I got in line for darshan near the end of the first night of Amma’s programs in Toronto. As I was coming off the chairs, a devotee came up to Amma with a pan of something covered in foil. Since she was one of the last people to get darshan that night, people were clustered
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Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes – Kitchen Volunteers of Amma’s 2007 North American Tour We come from all over the globe:US, Canada, Germany, Spain, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Australia, Finland, Japan, Brazil, Vietnam and elsewhere.We travelled by bus, car, van, camper, plane, or train. We chopped vegetables, cooked the meals, baked cakes and cookies, made chai, and washed
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Devi Bhava in Rio
Mother is giving Devibhava darshan at this moment when I write this. It is 11 PM and the hall is full. People have been very devoted today. They applauded a lot for the video about Amma’s charity which they saw before Amma came. Mother has orange colored sari with golden broidery. She looks very beautiful
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Forward on the path
3:00 p.m. Darshan ended. I have never seen such a crowd lining her path from the hall, through the lobby, to the elevators. The looks on the faces of the people after Amma went by were priceless. At the same time, in the hall, there was and still is a crowd around the bookstore tables.
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3rd morning Rio
Yesterday was a little overwhelming here. The first night darshan ended at 5:30 a.m .The second morning program was again packed, and She did not finish giving darshan until 6:15 p.m., a near record for world tours . The bookstore sales are doing very well. One of the odd-job sevas that I picked up was
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Inner presence of the Guru
Today Swami Kaivalyananda answered a number of questions from the brahmacharis on the topic of the Guru, as we recently celebrated Guru Purnima. Here was one question; ‘what is the importance of the physical closeness to the Guru, or living with the Guru?’ Swami said, ‘if one has gained the necessary samskara from previous births
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So beautiful Rio
So beautifull the program in Rio. The best I have been to. Beetween a wonderfull beach and gorgeous mountains. Mild Temperature 20 degrees Celsius. Birds singing on the trees. Sky blue without a cloud. The hotel packed with people that stayed for hours patiently on line to get a token. Fervorous singing. Mother stayed for
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2nd day bhajans in Rio
Today the morning darshan lasted till 6:15 pm. Last night also, it seemed that many did not wait till end, yet, Mother finished darshan around 5:30 am or maybe it was near 6:00, did not look the exact time. In tonight’s bhajans Mother sang: He gananayaka siddivinayaka Sri Krishna saranam If this is not the
