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It has begun
It has begun. That is, over two thousand children have arrived in Amritapuri for a personality development camp. Every corner of the ashram is bustling with life and enthusiasm, like it should be. That’s what an ashram is about. It is refreshing to have so many children around. We can learn a lot from them
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Sweet Reminisces
With searing average temperatures of 40 deg celcius, in the midst of a dry, rainless spell, Palakkad wasn’t exactly the coolest place to be in this time of the year. The only reason, it happened to be THE place to be, or, if you would pardon the pun, the ‘hottest’ place to visit – that
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when god is at your doorstep
you worship her every day in the puja room as devi, as the divine mother. one day she may pass your house… how would you feel? how will you react? what will you do? could such a thing happen? yes. it happened in kochi. amma was going for a house call. i was in a
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Cool Rain
i had so much to write…but nothing inspires me what to do? it is so hot, and humid. unbelievably hot. you are sweating all the time. most of the time the dress is soaked in sweat. i could not think, there was no inspiration . brain is not working.. like when the laptop is hot
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Karunyamoortte
Karunyamoortte – Embodiment of Compassion Very nice bhajans again tonight, Karunyamurtte being the highlight of them, for me at least. Such a nice raga and beautiful lyrics: O Embodiment of compassion Who art of black color, deign to open Thy eyes.Art Thou not the destroyer of sorrow? This being so, do remove my sufferings. In
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Happy Birthday Swamiji
It was all started after midnight on Devi Bhava. Amritaswarupananda was sitting next to Amma’s chair. Suddenly, a group of Amrita Vishwa Vidya Peetham students brought a bouquet of balloons and presented them to Swamiji, singing, “Happy Birthday To You Dear Swamiji…” Today is Swamiji’s 50th birthday, and they wanted to be the first to
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Puppy Love
The Amritapuri environs was charged with excitement. The Day : April 22’07 . You’ve guessed it right–it was the Bhava Darshan day. It seemed to have come after ages There was a mood of heightened celebration in the air. As my wife, and I got out of the flat and moved to towards the canteen
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Devi Bhava day
When I first read on Amritapuri.org that Amma was going to hold Devi Bhava in India, I was actually sad. I had just left Amritapuri on Tuesday and have been staying in the San Ramon Ashram for a week. Even though there will be Devi Bhava here in the US during Summer tour, there is
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Devi Bhava, can it be true?
Today it’s finally happening after a long time – the first Devi Bhava in Amritapuri since 20 months! Many probably already thought that it Amma will not give anymore Devi Bhava darshan in India, so it came as a pleasant surprise when Amma announced that there would be one this Sunday. Many people booked flights
