Year: 2004
-
Triple-Knot: Amma marries couple for third time
4 December 2004 — Amritapuri The groom was 80, and the bride was in her 70s. As he approached Amma for marriage, one of the relatives called out, “Amma, he’s getting married for the third time!” And then another, “And it’s the same girl!” Amma and everyone around started laughing, but the couple was very…
-
The return of Ram
1 December 2004 — Amritapuri “Where’s Ram? Where’s Ram?” So many children, and adults, have been asking. The truth is for the past six months, he’s been away at school in Trishur. Learning to become a truly great temple elephant. Trishur is the Elephant Capital of Kerala, where dozens of elephants regularly come together for…
-
Stories of the old days
18 & 23 November 2004 — Amritapuri Achan’s Satsang to Ashram Residents As Amma often laments, the elderly are not valued in today’s world. In fact, they are most often pushed away as a nuisance. In truth, their wealth is in their years, the vast amount of knowledge they have acquired during their long lives—knowledge…
-
Vrischikam onnu, vriksham onnu
16 November 2005 — Kerala Mass scale sapling planting by AYUDH AYUDH, the youth wing of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math, and GreenFriends, the Ashram’s environmental group, jointly organized a programme of planting 100,000 trees across the state of Kerala on November 16 to coincide with the first of the Malayalam month of Vrischikam. The programme…
-
Deepavali Celebrations Japan 2004
Deepavali Celebrations at the Mata Amritanandamayi Centre in Tokyo, Japan on 11 November 2004 Special pujas and prayers for peace and harmony were conducted at the Tokyo centre