Category: Spiritual

  • Nature is doing a Tandava dance, create awareness

    22 – 23 Jun,Dallas, TX — USA Yatra 2011 Amma held two days programs Addison, Texas at the Intercontinental Hotel and Convention Center. Amma was welcomed to the city by Mayor Todd Meier who said: “Welcome, we’re so glad you’re here in Adison and thank you for connecting us to your world and to the…

  • Tie the rope of love for God around our waist

    17 – 20 Jun, Albuquerque, USA Yatra-2011 After concluding her LA programs, Amma inaugurated a the MA Centre in Redondo Beach in the South Bay region of greater Los Angeles. After satsang and bhajans Amma distributed Prasad to the devotees who had gathered for the event. Amma then travelled 15 hours across the desert to…

  • Spiritual investment will never go waste

    23 May 2011,  Amritpauri Every year before the USA yatra, Amma holds a meeting for all the ashramites. This is the time of the year when she shares her vision on the working of the institutions, point out shortcomings, suggesting the modus operandi we need to pursue and tips on sadhana. This year also was…

  • IAM Meditation camp for instructors

    As per Amma’s instructions a two day All India IAM Technique Trainers’ camp was conducted on May 14th and 15th at Amritapuri. The participants were from various states, covering almost the entire geographical spread of India. IAM Meditation camp for instructors IAM Meditation camp for instructors IAM Meditation camp for instructors Devotees from all over…

  • Amma in Trissur

    7, 8 May, Trissur, Kerala — Bhatara Yatra 2011 After many hours of travel by road through the congested roads of Kerala, Amma finally arrived at Trissur at 9.00 pm. In India mahatmas are greeted in a very traditional manner, and so is Amma, But with Amma more than tradition, it is the love that…

  • Amma in Mangalore

    1 -2 May, Mangalore — Bharata Yatra 2011 Amma left Amritapuri on the evening of the 29th. Nobody knew whether there would be any stops with Amma or we would drive directly to Mangalore. As we were crossing Kodungallur we were told that Amma would be stopping in the Kodungallur school. Travelling with Amma the…

  • The world awaits true leaders in Fiji

    Amma’s message has been spread to the South Pacific through a visit to the Fiji Islands by Br. Shantamrita Chaitanya from March 7 to 14, 2011 to conduct a series of seminars on Practical Spirituality. Br. Shantamrita’s first program on March 9 was at the prestigious Fiji National University in the capital Suva where he…

  • Practical Vedanta, lessons on the go for busy people

    A very touching element in Amma’s tours in India is the amazing fact that she still insists on traveling by road herself and to stay with the caravan of buses that travel along. The 1-day journeys from one city to another sometimes take 20 hours, the distance to cover is sometimes over 600 km; but…

  • Amma in Pune

    3 – 4 March, Pune, Maharashtra – Bharata Yatra 2011 Amma’s programs in Pune were full of local flavor – Amma sang many bhajans in Marathi; some original and some classic bhajans that had been translated from the original Malayalam so that they could more easily touch the devotees’s hearts. However the devotees seemed most…

  • IAM meditation lowers stress hormones

    1 February 2011 , Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi IAM—Integrated Amrita Meditation Technique lowers stress hormones, according to a study recently published in the 2011 volume of the international journal Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM), published by the Hindawi Publishing Corporation. The five-year study, titled “The Effect of Meditation on Psycho-Physiological Variables,” examines…