Category: Ashram

  • Deepavali Celebrations Japan 2004

    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

  • Amma’s ashrams, satsang groups & institutes to join in world peace Prayer

    16 September 2004 — Amritapuri As Tuesday, the 21st of September draws nearer, Mata Amritanandamayi Math has begun to coordinate thousands of gatherings around the planet for world peace. Amma’s hundreds of thousands of devotees from around the world will offer their day’s spiritual practices for the cause of world peace, and all of Amma’s…

  • World peace is not possible by human effort alone

    9 September 2004 — Cochin, Kerala “Usually, only when our human efforts fail, do we approach God,” Amma said in Her morning satsang at the Brahmasthanam Festival in Cochin. “The current status of the world is such that world peace is not possible through human effort alone. Therefore, we have to pray for God’s grace.…

  • Watch out for those green lights

    Watch out for those green lights

    Amritapuri — Friday, 20 August 2004 Today Amma came to give satsang to all the ashramites. One of the first questions put to Her was by a new visitor to the ashram. “Amma,” he said, “When I first came to the ashram I had a wonderful experience. I felt my aajnja chakra [third eye] open…

  • Celebration of Amma’s birth star

    Celebration of Amma’s birth star

    30 January 2004 — Amritapuri Tonight is Kartika. As always on the night of Amma’s birth star, the ashram was alit with various lights and candles, in particular, the pathway Amma follows from Her room to the bhajan hall. Towards the end of the night’s set of bhajans, Amma surprised everyone by practicing a new…

  • Lakshmi arrives in Amritapuri

    Lakshmi arrives in Amritapuri

    11 December, 2003 AmritapuriA large crowd gathered in front of the temple this morning, as Amma welcomed Her newest resident into Amritapuri. New ashram residents don’t usually cause such a stir, but this is a special case. Her name is Lakshmi – the elephant. It was just after 11 a.m. and everyone was on or around…

  • The paradox of Knowledge

    The paradox of Knowledge

    those who think they know, do not know, and those who think they do not know, know not

  • Amma in San Ramon 2003

    Amma in San Ramon 2003

    2003, San Ramon Amma visited San Ramon in the summer of 2003. Outdoor meditation with Amma was started early Morning. Amma’s Satsang was there before her darshan followed by babies for their first meal from Amma.

  • Matruvani Loading Seva

    Matruvani Loading Seva

    Students of Amrita Institute of Computer Technology who live on the Ashram campus engage themselves in various sevas in the Ashram. One among them is to help out in the loading of over 200,000 copies of Matruvani, the Ashram monthly magazine. The magazines are sent to the postal service for dispatch to waiting devotees. The…

  • Sw Ramakrishnanada visits South America – 2001

    September 2001 Swami Ramakrishnananda Puri, one of Amma’s senior-most disciples, visited three countries in South America in late September 2001. Programmes were held in Argentina, Brazil and Colombia. All programmes were well attended by large numbers of people eager to hear about Amma and fervently praying the Divine Mother Herself will one day visit in…