Month: September 2018
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Flood relief and overflowing compassion – Amritavarsham charitable projects
27 September 2018, Amritapuri The 65th Birthday Celebrations of Amma were focused on helping Kerala recover from the recent monsoon floods. Both Amma’s annual birthday address {news}, as well as several of the function’s charitable initiatives, were aimed at uplifting victims of the flood, which took the lives of nearly 500 people in August. Following…
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Lessons of Nature’s Power & The Power of Unity, Compassion & Service
From Amma’s 65th Birthday message 27th September 2018 — Amritapuri, Kollam The state of Kerala is still reeling from the shock of witnessing the massive floods that took place this past monsoon season. At this tragic time, words have no place. All we can do is rise to the occasion, think positively and take to…
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Ma Sarada award was bestowed to Amma
On the 11th of September (the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s famous speech at the Parliament of World’s Religions in Chicago), Amma was bestowed ISOL Foundation’s “Trinity 2018 Ma Sarada Award.” The award was presented to Amma at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago” for her selfless love and compassion towards all beings…
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Prepare our mind well before we perform our action
September 5-16, 2018 This September, Swami Ramakrishnanada Puri visited South America for the 20th time. Swami travelled to Peru, Chile and Brazil as part of his tour, spreading Amma’s message of love and compassion everywhere he went. In each city that Swami visited, large crowds filled every hall. It was incredibly inspiring to see the…
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Trinity 2018 Ma Sarada Award bestowed to Amma
On the 11th of September (the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s famous speech at the Parliament of World’s Religions in Chicago), Amma was bestowed ISOL Foundation’s “Trinity 2018 Ma Sarada Award.” The award was presented to Amma at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago “for her selfless love and compassion towards all beings…
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Amma joins “Swachhta Hi Seva” Relaunch with PM Narenda Modi
15 September 2018, Amritapuri As part of the Government of India’s “Swachhta Hi Seva” Relaunch, Amma held a video conference with the Prime Minister of India, Sri Narendra Modi. Amma, Amma participated from the Amritapuri Ashram’s Darshan Hall, which was overflowing with devotees, disciples and students from Amrita University. Aside from Amma, other dignitaries who…
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Keep India Clean and Beautiful; Participate in Swachhata Hi Seva 2018
Om Namah Sivaya My Darling Children, Nature and the environment are manifestations of God. The world—the created—and God—the Creator—are not two; they are one and the same. So, we must develop a respectful and worshipful attitude towards Nature. We have two mothers, the mother who gave birth to us and Mother Nature. Our birth mother…
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Holding God close to our hearts, all obstacles on our path will fall away
2 September 2018, Amritapuri (Excerpts from Amma’s 2018 Sri Krishna Jayanti Message) Ashtami Rohini, the eighth day of the waning moon in the August-September month of the Hindu calendar, is the sacred day when the birthless, deathless Supreme Consciousness took birth as a human child in the city of Mathura. From the moment of his…
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Devotion is not running away from duties
Turning a blind eye to those standing before us, without consoling them lovingly, is not devotion.
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Spiritual knowledge should be our eyes, Science should be our arms : Amma
31 August 2018, Amritapuri Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s 15th Annual Convocation & Graduation Day Ceremony of Amritapuri Campus saw more than 1,325 undergraduate, post-graduate and Ph. D. students attaining their degrees in the presence of both Chief Guest, Dr. K Sivan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and Amma, who is the also Chancellor of Amrita…