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Giver of pure love and devotion
Amma walked on to the stage looking so robust and majestic, like She really meant business. And She did deliver a set of powerful bhajans: Nanda Nandana Hare Ellamirikkilum Illatirikkil Ajivanantam Bhajikyum Nyan Sundara Kanna Kanna Anantamayi Patarunnorakasame Badi Duvidha Me (Hindi) Vennai Unda Vayinal (Tamil) Om Namah Shivaya Jai Ma Ambe It is always
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Krishna everywhere
Today is Sri Krishna Jayanti. I was thinking that maybe I have become enlightened since all day I have seen only Krishna everywhere, but no, it is all the ashram kids and the devotees toddlers that have been transmuted into little baby Krishna’s. They are so sweet and act as a great reminder of how
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why i am not forgetting?
“amma yennulloru namam orthidave romancham akunnatenthe?” oh what a bhajan tonight! amma sang with a full voice. “ammayennulloru namam orthidave” i love it so much. these lines are not just written out of imagination by the poet, but they are born out of real experience of his love-bond with amma. i used to look at
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Ammayennulloru Namam
Tonights Bhajans were: Nanda Nandana Azhikullil Dinakaran Ammayennulloru Namamorttitave Pannagabhushana Paramadayalo Tiruvati Teti Vanten (Tamil) Vanimani Mate (Hindi) Amma sang the song Ammayennulloru Namamorttitave, which I don’t remember hearing that often. For a moment I thought she wanted to sing Ammayennullora Tenmozhikkokumo and was about to announce, but then Ramu made sure that I got
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Morning in Amritapuri
“Jaya Jaya He Mahishasuramardini Ramya Kapardini Shailastute…” Village crows continue their own version of the chant while Ashramites line up for chai after morning Archana. Roosters crow, and waves crash against the rocky breakers. Another day begins in Amritapuri. Sri Pati – USA 9 September 2006
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Bhaktavatsale Devi
As a result to requests I post the lyrics to Bhaktavatsale Devi here. They are of course very approximate. Writing Malayalam with roman letters and without proper transliteration codes is only indicative of the correct pronunciation. Anyhow as Amma says, if the child does not know how to intone “mother” correctly, it does not mean
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Amrita TV is back
After being absent from the bhajan hall for sometime, Amrita TV was again present tonight filming the bhajans. Lights, cameras, and all sorts of equipment were aimed at the stage bathing Amma in light. I thought to myself that is their anything Amma will not put up with for the happiness of Her children? So
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Morning Meditation
Recently, Amma requested that Her Western devotees meditate together by the sea from 6:30-7:30am and 5-6pm daily. After morning Archana and Chai, a number of Westerners can be seen making their way to the seaside. We take a path that goes through some of the neighboring village, and along the way are local vendors selling
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Amma news in Jamaica
Living Hindu saint embraces thousands published: Thursday | September 7, 2006 Do you need a hug? How about 75,000 hugs in less than a day? A bit much? Well, if you’re Amma, the living Hindu saint of hugs, then it’s all in a day’s work. Amma, which means ‘divine mother’, is the nickname given to
