Month: December 2016

  • Convert every obstacle into a stepping stone

    Convert every obstacle into a stepping stone

    25 December 2016, Amritapuri Ashram – Excerpts from Amma’s 2016 Christmas message When most people talk about Christmas, they talk about the great time they had with their family, the delicious dishes and sweets they prepared, and the gifts they received. Hardly anyone speaks about the prayers they offered, the spiritual practices they did, or…

  • Disseminate technology without losing the village culture

    Disseminate technology without losing the village culture

    20 Dec 2016, Amritapuri Shri. P.P. Chaudhary, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology and also Law and Justice visited Amrita University, Amritapuri Campus for the valedictory function of RAHA 2016 – Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications. The Hon’ble Minister was the perfect person for this function as his only prayer…

  • Scientific and Industrial Research will bring better economic returns to AmritaServe farmers

    Scientific and Industrial Research will bring better economic returns to AmritaServe farmers

    13 December 2016, Amritapuri The Director of CSIR-CIMAP was in Amritapuri to sign an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Amrita SeRVe project of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math. The MoU was signed in Amma’s presence by Dr. Anil Tripathi, the Director and Swami Jnanamritananda Puri. Farmers in the Amrita SeRVe villages will now receive guidance from…

  • Amma’s words on Bhagavad Gita

    Amma’s words on Bhagavad Gita

    My Dear Children, Bhagavad Gita is the essence of all the Vedas and its message is the for the entire humanity. It is the Lord’s message to the whole world, given to Arjuna as a proxy,  who in the midst of adverse circumstances  was completely unnerved being at a loss to discern his Dharma. In…

  • Amma in San Jose

    Amma in San Jose

    25 – 29 Nov, San Jose, California – America Yatra 2016 Amma arrived to the San Jose Fairmont in California for the first time Friday after the Thanksgiving Holiday to a winter wonderland – an ice skating rink and a Downtown Christmas extravaganza with twinkling lights outside and a hall packed with newcomers to experience…

  • Thanksgiving in Detroit with Amma

    Thanksgiving in Detroit with Amma

    20-23 Nov, Detroit, Michigan – America Yatra 2016 Amma visited Detroit, USA for four days of programs including a three day retreat and Devi Bhava. The programs were held at the Marriott Hotel in the iconic Renaissance Center complex along the Detroit River bordering the US and Canada. The public programs on the first day…

  • Amma arrived back in Amritapuri

    Amma arrived back in Amritapuri

    After her Europe-America Yatra 2016, Amma is back to Amritapuri by 2.00 am on the 3rd Dec.  Smiling as as always, Amma waded though the Ashram residents to her room.  Darshan will start at the ashram from 7th Dec onwards.