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Divine Darshan
My wife and I have just spent three weeks on the sacred soil of Amritapuri. Many experiences, teachings, challenges, and wonders filled this blessed time. I would like to briefly focus on ‘Darshan’. It was a joyous blessing to experience Amma showering all of Her children continuously with Her Divine Grace. The physical darshan or ‘hug’ were moments of timeless completion. Just as blessed were the endless darshans that were also timeless moments of grace. A glance, a smile, a whiff of Her Divine fragrance, a feeling of Her presence within, a glimpse of Her beautiful face and dishevelled hair…
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A Cap for Humility
Amma was walking on her way to the stage for evening bhajans. Security guards were holding back the throngs of devotees and students who were pushing against each other trying to touch Amma. While walking, Amma’s arms were outstretched as usual to touch everyone within reach. Suddenly, she bent down and picked up something and gave it to one of the police officers. It was his cap! He lost it in the commotion. I was too close to Amma. I missed the photo which i could have shared with you all. How much humility we learn from her every move.…
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A Prophecy of Amma’s Divine Birth
Dear Sisters&Brothers, Some of you remember the world has celebrated Amma’s Golden Jubilee Birthday (Amritavarsham 50) for 4 days in Cochin in 2003 and was live on the internet throughout the Globe. There was a prophecy of Amma’s Divine Birth. Just before His leaving of this world, Swami Vivekananda made a prophesy about a remarkable person who became the light of the modern world. Just before leaving His mortal coil on July 4th 1902, Swami Vivekananda gave a short discourse to an Indian audience in which he said, I quote “You all rejoice that you belong to a race of…
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From all over the world…
26 September 2004 — Amritapuri Amma’s 51st Birthday As the 27th approaches, the number of people coming to Amritapuri to celebrate the 51st anniversary of Amma’s birth continues to climb. Truly, they are coming from all over—from Kerala, France, Australia, Pune…. Amritapuri.org took the chance to speak with some of the devotees and see how they are feeling on this auspicious occasion. “We are celebrating God’s birthday. We left everything at home to celebrate for three days. We are here to have Her blessings and the valuable message of Her talks. We gain our strength from Amma and our peace…
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A Connection Day
It was dawn and I was about to drive down to the Ashram from Trivandrum. As I quickly scanned the morning newspapers,before I hit the road with my family, I was pleasantly surprised.All the prominent newspapers today carried pictures of Amma with a shovel working along with sevaks clearing the Ashram premises which was flooded due to a heavy downpour the day before. I thought :Oh what a birthday-eve celebration for Amma.Here She was toiling in the rain and slush,despite Her impossible schedules– so that the premises were hospitable enough for her children coming in to Amritapuri for the birthday…
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Birthday tribute
I woke up this morning listening to the Lalita Sahasra Nama chants through the loud speakers. It’s not from the ashram sound system. It’s coming from the village. I have heard Bhagavatam reading over the loud speakers from the village. But not Lalita Sahasranam. What is it? The villagers are paying their tribute to our beloved Amma on her birthday. Wow. It’s a wonder that these villagers now started praying for Amma. Dhyanamrita 26 September 2006
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A birthday wish
“Mother”—the word is incomparable. No other word is equal to this one. It is pure and full of auspiciousness. It is said that we cannot see God. We can only experience Him. But, Amma, when we experience your love and concern, we feel that we are before God. So we are the fortunate ones. We see God in your form. And experience His love also. Amma, you are really great! We pray for you long life. —Amma’s child from Pune, Lokesh (8 years)
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Kumbha mela
The festival of Kumbha mela in the north of india is world famous…and now, the kumbha mela of south india, the birthday celebrations of our beloved mother and guru, mata amritanandamayi(mother of immortal bliss) is going to take place over the next 3 days, 27th ofcourse being the main day. The kumbha mela tradionally is a religious festival where hundreds of thousands of people come together at the places where the “nectar of immortality” is supposed to have spilt over from the vessel of the Gods…Here, in amritapuri, we find the entire vessel itself! On the occassion of the kumbha…
