{"id":1865,"date":"2009-06-10T00:13:30","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T18:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2009-06-11T00:21:51","modified_gmt":"2009-06-10T18:51:51","slug":"jai-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/2009\/1865\/","title":{"rendered":"Jai Ma, Jai Mai, Jai Ma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>8 June 2009<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/files\/2009\/06\/violin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1872\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 5px;\" title=\"violin\" src=\"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/files\/2009\/06\/violin.jpg\" alt=\"violin\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Today&#8217;s programs featured a wonderful classical violin and piano concert by Raushan Akhmedyarova (Violinist with the San Francisco Symphony) and Miles Graber (pianist and faculty member of the San Francisco Conservatory).\u00a0\u00a0 The performance included pieces by Massenet (Meditation from the Opera &#8216;Thais&#8217;), Saint Saens (Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso), and Bach (Concerto for Violin in A-minor, first movement).<\/p>\n<p>A mixture of elder &#8216;grandmothers&#8217; came for Amma&#8217;s darshan.\u00a0 Two were Kanaka Maoli women from Kohawaiipaeaina (Hawaii) and another was a representative of group of elders called the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers.<\/p>\n<p>Evening Bhajans were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kripa Ho Teri<\/li>\n<li>Jai Gopalaka<\/li>\n<li>Arikil Undenkilum Ariyan<\/li>\n<li>Sankara Siva Sankara (new)<\/li>\n<li>Chesenu Talli (new)<\/li>\n<li>Kodanu Koti<\/li>\n<li>Jai Jagadambe Durge Ma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During bhajans, the words are shown on a projector screen so the audience can follow along.\u00a0\u00a0 At the end of Jai Jagadambe Durge Ma is a chorus repeating &#8216;Jai Ma, Jai Mai, Jai Ma, Jai Ma&#8217; (Hail to the Divine Mother).\u00a0\u00a0 While everyone was chanting along, the screen showed only one &#8216;Jai Ma&#8217; in the center.\u00a0\u00a0 The appearance of those two simple words felt like a testament to the entire tour.\u00a0 Our praise of Amma who sits tirelessly for hours on end giving solace to all who come to seek her comfort, and who inspires countless people to find meaning in their lives through service.\u00a0\u00a0 May those words remain on display forever in our hearts and minds.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Pati<br \/>\nSan Ramon &#8211; USA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 June 2009 Today&#8217;s programs featured a wonderful classical violin and piano concert by Raushan Akhmedyarova (Violinist with the San Francisco Symphony) and Miles Graber (pianist and faculty member of the San Francisco Conservatory).\u00a0\u00a0 The performance included pieces by Massenet (Meditation from the Opera &#8216;Thais&#8217;), Saint Saens (Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso), and Bach (Concerto for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-with-amma"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}