Archive for December, 2005

Christmas in Amritapuri

(25 Dec '05)

25 December 2005 — Amritapuri

Never is Amritapuri filled with more of Amma’s devotees from the West than during Christmas. Each year people from America, Europe, Australia and other parts of the Western world come all the way across the globe to spend their winter holidays with Amma. Many of them only get 10 days off [...]

Category : Ashram Life | Xmas

The mystery of death: Why is it a secret?

(21 Dec '05)

21 December 2005 — auto-parts factory and repair facility, just off NH45, Pondicherry
About halfway to Chennai from Nagapattinam, one of the vehicles in Amma’s caravan began showing signs of engine trouble. It was also past time for lunch. So when the caravan passed by a large auto-parts factory and engine-repair facility, Amma instructed everyone to [...]

Category : Around Amma | Satsang

The mystery of death: why is it a secret?

(21 Dec '05)

21 December 2005 — auto-parts factory and repair facility, just off NH45, Pondicherry
About halfway to Chennai from Nagapattinam, one of the vehicles in Amma’s caravan began showing signs of engine trouble. It was also past time for lunch. So when the caravan passed by a large auto-parts factory and engine-repair facility, Amma instructed everyone to [...]

Category : Around Amma | Teachings

Helping Nagapattinam to overcome fear

(20 Dec '05)

20 December 2005 — Samanthampettai, Nagore, Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu
“When difficult circumstances arise in life, there are two ways to respond. We can either run away in fear or kindle the love within and try to overcome,” Amma said. She was talking to the 60,000 people or so who’d come to have her darshan in [...]

Category : Disaster Relief | Free Housing | Tsunami

Creation: The divine joke

(19 Dec '05)

19 December 2005 — Amrita University, Coimbatore
When Amma stopped for lunch at the Coimbatore campus of Amrita University on her way to Nagapattinam, she started off by asking people to tell jokes. “Whether we smile or cry, life is still going to keep passing by, so why not smile,” Amma said.
After a few jokes were [...]

Category : Around Amma

Amritapuri is the land of compassion, love and beauty

(18 Dec '05)

President of India visits Amritapuri
18 December 2005 , Amritapuri
His Excellency the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, paid a visit to Amritapuri today. In the divine presence of Amma, His Excellency officially handed over 500 tsunami-relief houses constructed by the Ashram to the Honourable Minister of Revenue of Kerala, Sri. K.M. Mani.
In his speech, [...]

Category : Around Amma | Tsunami

Would a mother trick her children?

(16 Dec '05)

16 December 2005 — Amritapuri
Devi is the Goddess, the Divine Mother of the Universe. But in puranas, hymns and other devotional works she is also spoken of as maya, the illusory power. For example in the Lalita Sahasranama, the 716th mantra is Om mayayai namah.1 On the one hand we are presented with Devi the [...]

Category : Around Amma | Satsang

President of India to visit Amritapuri

(14 Dec '05)

14 December 2005 — Amritapuri
This Sunday, the 18th of December, His Excellency the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, will come to Amritapuri Ashram in order to hand over 500 tsunami-relief houses to local government authorities in the presence of Amma.
When the President hands over the keys to the tsunami houses during his visit [...]

Category : Announcements | Tsunami

Helping the students to fully blossom

(9 Dec '05)

9 December 2005 – Amritapuri
When the professors from the United States took their seats, the first thing Amma asked them was if they were tired. Indeed, they had been on a whirlwind schedule: first to Delhi where they signed the MoU regarding the Indo-US e-Learning initiative (news), then to the Coimbatore campus of Amrita University [...]

Category : Around Amma | Satsang | University

Helping the students to fully blossom

(9 Dec '05)

Amma holds discussions with U.S. professors
9 December 2005 — Amritapuri

When the professors from the United States took their seats, the first thing Amma asked them was if they were tired. Indeed, they had been on a whirlwind schedule: first to Delhi where they signed the MoU regarding the Indo-US e-Learning initiative, then to the Coimbatore [...]

Category : Around Amma | University