Category: Around Amma
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Siva is my very nature
1st March 2022, Shivaratri Celebrations – Amritapuri Excerpts from Amma’s Shivaratri Message India is a land of countless religious festivals and celebrations. These festivals and celebrations support the social life of the people and increase their faith and ethical values. Among the festivals of Sanatana Dharma, one of the most important is Sivaratri.True Sivaratri means…
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Amrita University conferred first honorary doctorate
We cannot find a solution for social justice, until we approach problems with compassion. If something has to be globalized, it is compassion
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Become a zero to become a hero
22 December 2021, Amritapuri Ashram This particular incident took place on the auspicious day of ‘Kuchela Dinam’, or Kuchela Day. This is the day that celebrates the reunion between Krishna and his childhood friend, Sudama. Sudama, a character in the Bhagavata Purana, was Shri Krishna’s closest friend growing up. As they grew older, life took…
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Our Neighbours are those we encounter in our day-to-day life
Love thy neighbour as thyself, Christ said. Being a good neighbour is a quality we should have in every circumstance and at every moment in life
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AmritaSREE enters 17th year; ₹85 crore financial aid for COVID-19 relief
Take up the reins of your life firmly in your own hands and move forward. This is the role model we should follow. Even though those people did not have much, they had the attitude to contribute
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Diwali – occasions for destroying the ego and awakening the awareness
How we serve god’s creation determines our true adoration and worship of god. When we show compassion towards the suffering, we are doing our duty to god.
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May women gain the respect and position they deserve
May women, who should be worshipped as Sarasvati Devi, never be denied education; who should be worshipped as Kali Devi, be never neglected or criticised for her dark complexion.
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Keep hope & use hardships to rise
Only when one gets a few blows in life does one learn to look within. It is when we experience tragedy that the wish to learn how to transcend sorrow.
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Onam is an occasion to make ourselves and others happy
Onam is a time that transforms even the elderly into little children; it awakens the child in everyone. It is a time that everyone joins in the Onam games and celebrations and forgets everything else.
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Remodel our education system with the vision of Bharat
Education should spread light within and without, instil awareness and strengthen the deep bond between the student and his nation, the world, his fellow human beings and other creatures, Nature and God.