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Khol darwaza: bhajan lyrics & meaning
Khol darwaza sheranwaliye ni maharaniye ni de darshan jwala karde pagat pukar japan tere naam di mala khol darwaza sheranwaliye …. Open the door, thou the rider of Lions! the Empress! – give thou darshan Oh Jwala! (Jwala ji is one of the Shakti Peethas in North India) We devotees are calling thee, and doing the japa of thy name Open the door, thou the rider of Lions! … Dware tere ni maiyya sangta hein aaiyan ni ambe…sangta hein aaiyan tere pahadan diya chadke chadaiyan ni ambe…chadke chadaiyan petan leaaye tere dwar ma de deedar ma, mei auganhari dar tere…
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Amma heals with hugs in Castro Valley
By April Dembosky Mercury News Posted: 06/14/2009 12:01:00 AM PDT For up to 20 hours, they wait for their hug. Devotees say the 10-second embrace is worth it, inspiring everything from simple loving reassurance to profound spiritual clarity, even a miraculous respite from aches, pains and disease. When it comes to matters of the heart and spirit, Mata Amritanandamayi, known as Amma, or Mother, willingly hugs to heal. “My religion is love,” she says. But when it comes to ailments of the physical body, the hugging saint from India believes modern medicine is best. Amritanandamayi has founded numerous hospitals, medical…
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Tears of Joy or Tears of Sorrow
It’s been raining outside the past few days. Is the sky raining tears of joy or tears of sorrow? It’s the last night of Tour and Amma in on stage here in Toronto wearing a beautiful green sari. Seven weeks of tour is almost over. Along the way, we’ve been introduced to new friends, new bhajans, new perspectives on the meaning of life. We’ve sung along with Amma the joyful tunes of the new Punjabi Bhajans Mayyaji Menu Tu Chahidi and Khol Dwarza, embellished by Ramanand’s sonorous voice. We’ve watched cultural performances from around the world – African, Indian, Native…
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Q129: White Color?
Question 129: “What does the white color symbolize for you? What feelings does it bring up?” Please make your answer clear and brief (maximum 5 or 6 lines).
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Hugging Saint Greets Large Crowds in Marlboro
MARLBORO (WBZ) ― ‘Hugging Saint’ Greets Large Crowds in Marlboro Divine Signs: Holy, Hoax, Or Just Hope? Hundreds, maybe thousands waited for hours Wednesday at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center in Marlboro to feel the embrace of the woman known as Amma. “She inspires people to volunteer on behalf of the poor,” says volunteer Rob Sidon. “She says compassion to the poor is our duty to god.” Mata Amritanandamayi Devi was born to a lower caste fishing family in India. As a teenager, Amma began hugging people. Soon, word of her spirituality spread and now she…
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Q128: Love then divorce?
Question 128: “Why do people fall in love, marry, then can’t stand each other and often want to divorce?” Please make your answer clear and brief (maximum 5 or 6 lines).
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Children have so much to teach
There is much to learn from virtually everything – from the sunrise, from the blue skies, from the air around us, from the birds and insects,…. from everything. They can teach us so many things – about the nature of the world, about living in harmony, about life and death and so many other things. Children can also teach you something. It is a very valuable thing that they can teach, something that the world needs desperately in these times and like the rest of nature which teaches just by being what they are – children too teach just by…
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Q127: Fall in Love?
Question 127: “What do you think is that makes people fall in love?” Please make your answer clear and brief (maximum 5 or 6 lines).
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Smile with your heart
Tour has rolled in and out of Dallas, then onto Iowa and is in Chicago where it is now Devi Bhava. Dallas and Iowa were both only two days so bhajans were only on the first night for each city. In Dallas, Amma sang: Sri Gananayaka Murali Vale Pyare Kanha Virahatti Sankara Siva Sankara Nannu Chosi Ma Talli Ammana Divya Nalenchu Nalekya (in Spanish) Mayyiji Manu Tu Chahidi There is a sweet story about Ammana Divya. There is a devotee who has been living at the San Ramon Ashram for many years, and who has been singing Ammana Divya quite…
