Category: Around Amma
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Pure dance
31 August 2001, Amritapuri It is natural to feel a bit reserved among strangers or in big crowds. And when you are in an ashram, you would imagine that you would have to behave with a certain decorum. But when the Guru Herself tells you to drop your shyness and embarrassment, stand up and dance……
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Want Rice?
21 August 2001, Amritapuri A Real-Life Allegory Watch! A little boy arrives in front of Mother’s table. She has finished serving Tuesday lunch to everyone else in the temple. She asks him, “Rice?” No particular response. So She takes a plate of rice and curry and holds it out to him. He shakes his head…
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A mere pigeon?
16 August 2001, Amritapuri Last Tuesday, a mangled bird lay nestled on Amma’s lap while She meditated. No, not exactly Her lap. Mother sat in the half-lotus position, with Her right Foot on Her left thigh, sole upturned, as She usually does for meditation. When a little girl brought the wounded bird, Mother (Who had…
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Kali In the kitchen
13 August 2001, AmritapuriThere was an eager crowd waiting for Mother after bhajans; that’s when She feeds and plays with Ram. But Ram was not to be seen. When Mother came, instead of walking to Her room, She took a left turn and strode into the big, new “industrial” kitchen. It was time for one…
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Payasam for Pachyderm
11 July 2001, Amritapuri Amma is not one of those people who say one thing and do another. You can count on it: if She tells Her children to do things a certain way, She will follow Her own directives. She models what She teaches. Take this evening when She was playing with Ram after…
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Ever fresh
9 August 2001, Amritapuri Bhajans sound different tonight. What is it?Oh, we hear only the delicate voices of women. No men. Few instruments. No Amma. Why is that? Because Amma is at the pool. Yes, at about five, She went over to the pool, welcoming all the women and children to accompany Her. Then, around…
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Ram is growing up!
5 August 2001,Amritapuri Mother is still playing with Ram the baby elephant after bhajans, but the scene is changing, because Ram is growing! He is much bigger and seems to have matured, not that he is old but he does seem to have more dignity and a certain bearing. Now the crowds who gather after…
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Binoculars of love
3 August 2001, Amritapuri Have you ever watched Amma’s eyes while She is giving darshan? They seem to have the remarkable ability to be fully concentrated in two or even three directions at once: She will be connecting closely with the person She is holding (you know that feeling that shoots through you when Amma’s…
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The notebook
3 August 2001, Amritapuri Have you seen diligent devotees writing line after line, page after page, of fine, tiny script in a notebook? Then they take the notebooks to Mother, an offering of their sadhana (spiritual practice). It is a notebook filled, every inch of space covered, with mantras. A few days ago, there was…
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The rainbow
31 July 2001, Amritapuri Ordinarily, there is not even a single cubic foot of empty space near Mother. There is something so delicious about being as close as possible to Mother that if there WERE a cubic foot of space, someone would fill it. But on Tuesday when Mother finished satsang and began to share…