Amritapuri ashram
  • Away from you

    Poem written by 8 year old Sarada after the last San Ramon program, as she could not bear to part from Amma: Amma, I surrender to you every day and night, When the half moon rises and when the little birds chirp… Whenever I see something that is dear to me, I see that it

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  • Supreme Divine Mother

    O! Supreme Divine Mother, offering a song to Thee   O! Supreme Divine Mother, stars studded in Thy crown, On Thy forehead we find, so beautiful the crescent moon. Ma, all Gods wearing clothes of yellowish hue praising Thee, Even so in tottering praises, Thy child offers a song to Thee .   The fire

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  • Amma is Love

    Stars keep twinkling in sky Sunrays illumine the world around.. Rivers keep flowing… Amma touches the sad hearts and consoles them.. What a beautiful presence she is, the big pure love eyes she has… love to merge in them… Have you seen love talking, walking listening, laughing, smiling, hugging… Amma is love only… She keeps

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  • Q192: Success & Failure?

    Question 192: “Amma says: ‘The attitude “I will only accept success” is wrong. Learn to also accept the responsibility of failure.’ How do you understand this?” Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).

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  • Look!

    My cataract is removed. With awe I open my eyes; as if seeing the world for the first time. A brave new world is unfolding before me by its full splendor. by its glow, glitter gleam n ’glamour. My retina receives a colour burst. Oh what I have missed all these time! Flowers in its

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  • Mother of delight-Amma

    Amma your footsteps appear, in my heart which is full of eagerness and hopes. but I am unable to see you,when my heart home is empty of eagerness.. You are always eager to give me sublime experiences but alas when will i be ready? Sad when’ll i be able to bury my mind jungle inside my

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  • Amma sent us to Sabarimala

    It was Amma who sent us to Sabarimala. Well, we all know it. You may wonder why I am saying it. I am saying it with double emphasis, with gratitude. I will say once again that it was indeed Amma who sent us. The young brahmacharies were apprehensive about our ability and health. They didn’t

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  • Swimming with Ma-Om

    I had this insight when swimming. The mantra I use is Ma Om. Under water I use Om. It is the internal. The effort you make in the stroke is up to you, no one can see, no one can do it for you. This is the relationship with the Self. When I come up

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  • Amma season in Sabarimala

    This yatra of ours saw three of Amma’s precepts merging into one experience: Divinity, caring for nature and cleanliness: they are not three different teachings anymore for us Amma’s children, who by Her Grace took to ABC work in Sabarimala and Pampa, in the first week of November, 2011. Just as Amma has said on

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