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Taking care like elder brothers and sisters
25 sep 2009, Amritapuri Every year, students and staff of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham are active participants various service activities that an event of such large scale as Amma’s birthday celebrations entail. This year, their services call for something more than just their physical presence at the venue, but compassionate commitment towards a group of children who come from financially underprivileged sections of the society. These are beneficiaries of Mata Amritanandamayi Math’s Vidyamritam programme, around 10,000 children who find the quarterly stipend given by the Math their only window to the outside world. The children have started arriving at Amritapuri and…
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Ambitious and thankful
Vipin, hailing from Mananthavadi, Wayanad is another student who has been benefited by the Vidyamritam scholarship provided to students who can’t afford their studies. Thanks to the scholarship scheme, he is now pursuing his first year studies at the ITC-Gwalior and expects to get a job this field in the next three years. After his dad passed away years ago in an accident, his mom Pushpa, who is a tailor, has been the only earning member in his family. “The scholarship has helped me greatly. It has helped me to carry on with my studies and I am really happy…
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Amma changed my life
Vishnu, a slim, smart and active kid and an 8th grader from Kalpetta is one among the many talented students on whom fate has been really harsh. A heart-attack separated his father, the only earning member in the family, from him. His father was tailor and earned a meager amount in which his studies and all the household necessities were fulfilled. After the demise of his father, his mom took up a job as a laborer in some factory making medicines. Still with the amount his mum earned, his studies and his elder sister’s marriage was not an easy responsibility…
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Q138: Thanking Amma?
Question 138: “What is the best way to thank Amma on Her Birthday?” Please make your answer clear and brief (maximum 5 or 6 lines).
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A miracle of prayer
Namah shivaya I wanted to share with you all an interesting conversation I had with one of our First year ECE students this evening. His name is Anand. Some of you may be able to relate to it. I have heard innumerable such stories over the past 17 years since meeting Amma, but coming from our own student, related in such an innocent style, I had to share this with you. I was walking along the grounds under the huge pandal this evening, when this boy came up to me. He wanted to know where the food serving counters are…
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Like the squirrel
Basically I am devotional and heard of Amma when I was a kid. I felt Amma’s sayings as great inspiration to mankind and is the driving force to success in life. I felt very enthusiastic to meet Amma and 5 yrs back I got an opportunity to meet Amma with my mother and father. After meeting Amma I felt that what I heard of Amma is very little. She is not only doing selfless service but also spreading her warmth and love to each and every corner of our country. I learnt sacrifice from Amma and felt that we, as…
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A big dream in small eyes
As part of Vidyamritam, many events and competitions were conducted under various categories, such as elocution, essay writing, painting, story- telling, etc., so as to bring out the latent talents, within the young minds. The semi-finals of elocution event took place today (25’th Sept.) at 10 AM. A total of 80 children participated, out of which, 8 children were selected for the finals, which is to be held tomorrow (26’th September) on the main stage. During the event, I had an opportunity to witness the performance of a young girl, which touched me. The way in which she delivered her…
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Preparing to receive Divine showers of Love
Date: September 25, 2009; 11:30 AM Venue: Under Construction Hall where AMMA’s birthday will be celebrated Happy to report to you from the venue of Amma’s birthday celebrations! “All roads lead to Amritapuri” will not be an understatement, the way streams of children and their parents are pouring into Mata Amritanandamayi Math and the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Campus. Preparations are on for the eagerly-awaited mega event slated for the 27th of September. The astonishing pace at which the work progresses in Amritapuri does indicate the Divine Shower of Blessings, Grace and Love on those at it. Over a thousand people,…
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Winning to meet Amma
Sreeranjini, 8th standard, Kozhimala, Idukki District “My teacher told me that Mata Amritanandamayi Devi was giving scholarships. Before that, I’d never heard of Amma nor her ashram. I sent an application directly to Amma’s address. Amma read my letter and gave me Vidyamritam,” recollects Sreeranjini, a student in the 8th standard from the remote village of Kozhimala in Kerala’s Idukki District. Sreeranjini was one of the first Vidyamritam beneficiaries, enrolled in the scholarship program in 2007. Her mother—whom Sreeranjini’s father abandoned when Sreeranjini was only four years old—works at a cardamom plantation. Her meager wages are the sole support for…
