This was my second meeting with Amma. I had gone to the Chicago O’hare International Airport to receive her, as had many others that day. In the last one year, I had already heard many powerful stories about Amma that clearly pointed to her being a Self-realized saint, no less than God Himself! While a […]
Arriving for the first time at Amma’s Ashram in India after 35 hours with hardly any sleep, two delayed flights, and a two-hour dirve on Indian roads was quite a shock. When somebody asked me for my first impressions I mostly answered: “Crowded, plain, and even though I have my Mom with me, I feel […]
Om Namah Sivayah, I am spending a few weeks here in Amma’s Ashram. I’m asking myself: “What can I say?” I feel it impossible to put into words anything that happens in this ‘magic’ place on the planet. There’s not even a second of wasting time. Amma takes care of each one’s precise necessities at […]
I’m a left liberal academic from the USA who never dreamed I would ever be at a school where the day starts with the chanting of prayers, an act that is at the source of intense American political and cultural tension. At Amma’s University, however, the 8:30 AM prayers come from the heart of Sanatana […]
I was sitting outside my room above the bhajan hall when I saw some white saris moving at the speed of light towards the stage which usually of course means that Amma is coming or going somewhere. My sisters, the brahmacharinis have a sixth sense of some sort, I feel. Amma was arriving for bhajans […]
Swamiji is pushing Damayanthi Amma, the mother of our beloved Amma, through the ashram grounds to darshan. Dhyanamrita 4 Sep 06
it’s Onam. all over Kerala people are joyously celebrating Onam. children… they spend their days plucking flowers and running around after dragon flies, arranging the courtyard with flowers… with new dresses they swing on the trees… here also in the ashram we have one swing next to amma’s room. almost all the swamis have used […]
Children swinging near Amma’s room Dhyanamrita 4 Sept 06
Again Amma was greeted by the cheerful sound of Her children from the Parippally Orphanage. The whole front of the hall was teeming with little ones who are so full of enthusiasm when they come to Amritapuri to see their own Amma. Jai Gopalaka Jay Hitakari Arundu Cholluvan Omkara Swararupini Tirumukham Darshanam (Tamil) Kannir Katalukal […]