Category: Ashram
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Amritam 2007
From 8 – 12 May There will be a special Children’s Camp held at Amritapuri.The five-day camp is open to children aged 10-17 and is free of charge. Food and accommodation will be provided. The Malayalam-medium Camp’s mission is to help the children acquire balance of mind, the ability to face the challenges of education,…
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“I’ll be a good boy”
31 December 2006 — Amritapuri This evening during darshan, Akshay came to Amma to ask her permission to remain at the Ashram for one more day—his family was planning to leave that night. He was with his friends Ramu and Eknath. All are nine or 10 years old, and have known Amma for practically their…
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Amma is back home
3 December 2006, Amritapuri Amma returned to Amritapuri this afternoon at 4:47pm after her two month tour of Europe and the US. Hundreds of eager Ashramites, visitors and students lined the Ashram grounds, hoping to get a glimpse of Amma as her car made its way to her accommodations. Some had not seen Amma in…
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Anytime, anywhere… anything is possible for Amma
October 4, 2006, 4:45 am, Amritapuri 3:30 a.m.: The bell rings for archana, a little earlier than usual. Some ashram residents haven’t slept, as they have been helping out with last-minute packing for the tour. The other sleepyheads were keeping awake in anticipation of Amma’s early-morning departure to the airport to fly abroad. 4:45 a.m.:…
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Navaratri begins today
23 September 2006 — Amritapuri Navaratri began today, is celebrated all over India with great devotion and enthusisam. For the next three days, the Divine Mother will be worshipped in the form of Durga. Then, for three days, as Lakshmi. And for the final three days, as Saraswati. The 10th day of the festival is…
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Vrindavan in Amritapuri
Krishna Jayanti Celebrations – Part One 14 September 2006 — Amritapuri For most people, celebrating is something looked forward to. Five or six days a week one works (jobs being the opposite of celebration) dreaming of quitting time, of the weekend, the seaside vacation, the religious holiday. With Amma, life is different. There is no…
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The birth of Sri Krishna
Krishna Jayanti Celebrations, Part Two 14-15 September 2006 — Amritapuri “It is not death, but immortality and bliss that life is all about,” Amma began her Krishna Jayanti message. “This is what the life and birth of Sri Krishna teaches us. Sri Krishna faced an immense number of difficult situations in his life—many more than…
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More payasam?
6 September 2006 — Amritapuri The day after Onam, a young man went for Amma’s darshan. As he approached Amma, he handed her a small note written in Malayalam. Amma took it from his hands and began reading aloud Amma, I will tell you an experience from yesterday. The payasam from the Onam feast was…
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Destruction makes way for Creation
Amritapuri, 4 September 2006 What is created eventually gets destroyed. What is born eventually has to die. This is the wisdom of the scriptures, and what has been happening right here in Amritapuri. Nothing is permanent. At any given moment, Amma may request that an old structure should be torn down to make way for…
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Ashram alive again
30 July 2006, Amritapuri Amma returned to Amritapuri on Sunday, July 30th, 2006, after the recent Japan-North America yatra. She arrived at about 10:45 a.m., bringing smiles, laughter and tears of joy to the faces of Her children who had gathered to welcome Amma. In the throng of devotees were freshmen of the Amrita University…