{"id":4295,"date":"2011-08-31T23:27:40","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T17:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/?p=4295"},"modified":"2011-08-31T23:36:37","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T18:06:37","slug":"amma-a-living-upanishad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/2011\/4295\/","title":{"rendered":"Amma, a living Upanishad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long long ago, a friend had once remarked to me “Amma is a living Upanishad<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, in Swamiji’s class on the Gita<\/em>, He remarked “If the upanishads have legs and hands, that will be Amma”.<\/p>\n

I was struck by two statements of Amma that is uncannily the same as from the upanishads:<\/p>\n

Once when Amma was leaving the San Ramon ashram, and everyone was sad, Amma turned and remarked “Amma is not leaving anywhere- Amma is within all- I am inside” – and holding her fingers together as if holding a small flame between them- she said “I am inside everyone- tiny, like this” – showing a small figure like a small flame.<\/p>\n

Well, Purusha Suktam<\/em> says “the Supreme Purusha is within, a small flame like a small finger” – angushtam<\/em>\u00a0it says. Amma’s statement is right on, exactly fitting that description.<\/p>\n

Then on another occasion, Amma said “Every night as my children sleep, I kiss them all on their forehead”.<\/p>\n

Kaivalya Upanishad<\/em> says that we all merge in Brahman in deep sleep. We are closest to the Self in deep sleep. It describes it as “It is as if Brahman is kissing all the souls on the forehead, like a mother does to Her sleeping kid”. Well! Wow… the description is exact. Amma, speaking from Her experience, says the same thing. Amma experiences Herself as the Self, so statements from Her are very valuable – they lend corroboration to the scriptures.<\/p>\n

Finally I remember a third one, which is very similar to the famous Mahabharata<\/em> statement “Sri Krishna is where Dharma is” :<\/p>\n

Once, in San Ramon, there was a big discussion about males and females and who is better …. Amma talked on both sides, supporting both …<\/p>\n

I was behind Her at that time… finally someone asked “Amma whose side are you on?”<\/p>\n

Amma immediately replied “Amma is always on whichever side Dharma is”.<\/p>\n

Well…. thats the same, famous Gita<\/em> statement.<\/p>\n

Verily Amma is a Living Upanishad, and Her statements are Mahavakyas<\/em>.<\/p>\n

— bala<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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