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Amrita Samgamam
Children’s Camp 2008 17 – 18 May 2008 — Amritapuri Last weekend saw 2,500 children from all over Kerala and beyond coming to Amritapuri for a two-day personality development camp, Amrita Sangamam. The free camp comprised of yoga and meditation classes, and motivational talks by various speakers including many of the Ashram sannyasis. The children
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Amma in Ernakulam 2008
Amma visited Ernakulam for a 2 day program on May 3 & 4, 2008 with Satsang, Bhajans, Cultural performances, awards and of course Amma’s loving embrace that we know as Darshan.
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Put Yourself In Their Pain
30 April 2008 — Amritapuri The first and second graduating batches of the Amrita College of Nursing in Cochin came to Amritapuri today. The students have all but concluded their five-year courses—the first batch will graduate on May 15, the second on October 15th. Each of the students had Amma’s darshan, with Amma handing out
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Swami to visit UAE
Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri to visit Kuwait and Dubai from May 7 – 12 and will conduct satsangs & bhajans there. K U W A I T 7 May 2008, (Wed) Indian Community School, Salmiya, Kuwait 8 May 2008 (Thu) Bharatheeya Vidya Bhavan, Abbasiya, Kuwait contact: Madhavankutty 009659540511 D U B A I 9 May 2008
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Amma’s arrival after Australia 2008
Amma arrived back in Amritapuri after her Asutralia tour of 2008.
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Divali in Spring: The devotion of the farmers of Vidarbha
24 February 2008 — Washim, Vidarbha, Maharashtra There is an old Marathi saying: sadhu sant yeti ghara toci divali dasara—When sadhus and saints visit your house, it is the real Divali and Vijaya Dasami. When Amma came to give darshan in Washim, the villagers there proved their faith in this maxim by dedicating themselves fully
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How to Know God Exists
12 April 2008 — Gold Coast, Australia During the Gold Coast Retreat, Amma held a question-and-answer session with all of the devotees. Towards the end of the session, many people were still raising their hands. For the last question, Amma pointed to a man standing way in the back of the crowd. When he took
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Three Dances
Melbourne, Australia — 7 April 2008 During the Melbourne Retreat, as the first morning program drew to an end, Amma announced that she would like to dance with all her children. After the last person received their hug, Amma stood up, and asked everyone to move back and form a large circle around her. She
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We can be better people
“If We Take One Page of Amma’s Book of Life, We Can Be Better People.” 6 April 2008 — Melbourne, Australia On the first night of Amma’s programmes in Melbourne, Di Kerr, an elder from Australia’s Wunrundjeri Aborigini Tribe, welcomed Amma. “Amma, you are an inspiration to a lot of people, and if we all
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Amma gives away tsunami houses in Andaman
Port Blair, Andaman — 24 March 2008 When the tsunami hit the Andaman-Nicobar Islands, nearly 10,000 houses were destroyed. On March 24, Amma flew the 1255 kilometers from Kolkata in order to bless the people there with her darshan and to distribute the keys to 50 tsunami-relief homes constructed by the Ashram. The program was