Spirituality is returning to our original source of existence.
If we want to see India become powerful and healthy, we need to merge these two faces
~ Amma @ Amritavarsham 62
Supreme was worshipped in India, not only in masculine but also in Its feminine aspects.
~ Amma @ Geneva 2002
Everything in the universe is interconnected. The universe is a net held by each of us
~ Amma @ Climate Change Summit, Paris
There are two types of education: education for a living and education for life.
~ Amma @ UN-Academic Impact
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- Photo – मेरे बच्चो, अपने अन्दर प्रेम का दीप जला कर आगे बढ़ चलो। हम हर क़दम सुविचार और मुस्कुराते चेहरे के साथ उठाएँगे तो साधुता स्वयं आ कर हमारे अस्तित्व को भर देगी। फिर भला परमात्मा हमसे दूर रह ही कहाँ पाएँगे! वो आ कर हमें अपने अंक में भर लेंगे। हमारे जीवन का कोई क्षण फिर सुख-शान्ति से रहित नहीं होगा। – अम्मा
- Photo – Devotees and Amrita staff ladies lined up, waiting for Amma to come to the stage this morning…#Amritapuri #AmritaUniversity #Amrita
- Photo – “Try to make others happy, and don’t despair over all the evil in the world. Instead of cursing the dark, let us each light one small lamp.” -Amma #HappyDiwali #HappyDeepavali
- Photo – Diwali evening at Amritapuri: Lights and happy kids…#Amritapuri #Diwali #Diya
- Photo – On #Diwali, a brahmacharini at Amma’s Amritapuri Ashram performs a Ganapati Homa for World Peace and Happiness. Amma has long championed the rights of women to perform Vedic rituals: “When we put in effort to remove outdated social and religious concepts that suppress women, we will often find support. Until recently, women in India were not allowed to worship in the inner sanctum of temples; nor could they consecrate a temple or perform Vedic rituals. Women didn’t even have the freedom to chant Vedic mantras. But our ashram is encouraging and appointing women to do these things, and I myself perform the consecration ceremony in all the temples we construct. In the beginning, many protested against this. To those who questioned us, I explained that we are worshipping a God who is beyond all differences, who does not differentiate between male and female. In the end, the majority of people supported us. In fact, those prohibitions against women were never actually a part of the Hindu tradition. They were in all likelihood invented later by men in order to exploit and oppress women.” Read more in Amma’s article in Thrive Global: https://journal.thriveglobal.com/the-world-needs-motherhood-e9b174acb82c #Deepavali
- Photo – “One lamp can light another 1000 lamps, and still, its flame and light will remain the same. By becoming manifold, the light looses nothing. The lights of Deepavali represent Brahman and creation.” — Amma(Picture: Early morning Diwali decoration in front of Amma’s peetham on the main stage …)#Amritapuri #Diwali #Deepavali #HappyDiwali
- Photo – Early morning: Ganapathi Homa at the Kali Temple…#Amritapuri #GanapathiHoma #KaliTemple #Pujarini #WomanPujari
- Photo – Today is Diwali: Girls and young women carrying lights were lined up to greet Amma as she walked to the stage to start giving darshan…#Amritapuri #Diwali #DiwaliLights #Diya
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