Category: Around Amma
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Matching set
12 August 2004, Amritapuri Today Amma’s children at Amritapuri were treated to an unusual sight: Amma giving darshan wearing a white oxford shirt over Her sari. One can often see Amma’s brahmacharis wearing these collared, button-down shirts, but Amma Herself? Today a poor, elderly man named Kumara Khandaswamy from Tamil Nadu came for Amma’s darshan.…
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The greatest tragedy takes place when our talents and capabilities are underutilized
The Parliament of the World’s Religions Keynote Address By Her Holiness Mata Amritanandamayi Devi July 13, 2004, Barcelona, Spain Amma bows down to everyone here, who are embodiments of pure love and the Supreme Consciousness. The effort and self-sacrifice of those who are capable of organizing such an enormous event is beyond words. Amma simply…
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Amma at the World Parliament of Religions 2004
Addressing the parliament, Amma said, “The greatest tragedy in life is not death; the greatest tragedy takes place when our talents and capabilities are underutilized and allowed to rust while we are living. When we use the wealth obtained from nature, it diminishes; but when we use the wealth of our inner capabilities, it increases.”…
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Guru Purnima in New Mexico
28 -29 June 2004 Santa Fe “This is the highpoint of Amma’s tour. It’s all down hill from here,” joked one of Amma’s devotees from Santa Fe. He was referring to the fact that, at 7,000 feet above sea level, Amma’s programmes at Her New Mexico ashram are the most physically elevated of Her U.S.…
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Unexpected shower of love
22 June, 2004 Los Angeles At end of the morning program in Los Angeles on June 22, an older lady was waiting outside the program hall along with hundreds of devotees, hoping to catch a glimpse of Amma as She left. She excitedly told the others around her that she had arrived a bit too…
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Amma in the California hills
8 June – 20 June 2004 – San Ramon, California, United States of America For Amma’s devotees in the United States, Her programmes at the M.A. Center in San Ramon, California are always very special. The ashram is tucked amidst the rolling, golden hills of northern California. Its dirt roads and wooded lake help one…
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Singing with devotion
Seattle, Washington – Saturday, 5 June 2004 Amma has said that when Her children sing to Her, She is not listening to the melody and rhythm but to the feeling, the powerful longing behind the voice. But that doesn’t mean She is beyond having a good laugh with some of Her more musically challenged children.…
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Malayalam pathikkamo, Amme?
Seattle, Washington — Friday, 4 June 2004 Friday night in Seattle, one of Amma’s teenaged daughters from Canada came to Her with a question. “Amma, can I study Malayalam?” Amma gave Her a big smile and nodded Her head “yes!” Three hours later when Amma was leaving the darshan hall, the same girl was standing…
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Where there is love there is no distance
Saturday, 15 May 2004 — Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri CampusAmrita University’s Satellite link inaugurated It was a historic moment–both for Amma’s Deemed University and for India. On 15 May 2004, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham became the nation’s first multi-disciplinary educational institution to connect its campuses via satellite. As Dr. S. Banerjee, the director of Bhabha Atomic…