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Destruction makes way for Creation
Amritapuri, 4 September 2006 What is created eventually gets destroyed. What is born eventually has to die. This is the wisdom of the scriptures, and what has been happening right here in Amritapuri. Nothing is permanent. At any given moment, Amma may request that an old structure should be torn down to make way for…
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Ganapati bapa moriya
Amritapuri, 2 September 2006 Hundreds of Ashramites, students, and villagers gathered in the courtyard in front of the Main Temple at four this afternoon to participate in the final celebrations of Ganesh Chaturthi {news} – Ganesha Visarjan, or the immersion of Ganesh in the ocean. On one side of the courtyard, the Ashram elephants Ram…
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Everyday a celebration
Amritapuri, 1 September 2006 During the past few days, the Ashram has been buzzing with celebrations surrounding Ganesh Chaturthi and Onam. While each morning has seen a new Pookkalam (flower design) created for Onam by students of Amrita University, the evenings have been resounding with bhajans being sung at the Kalari in honor of Ganesh.…
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284 houses more to Tsunami victims
27 August 2006 — Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu In the past two days, the Ashram has handed over a 284 houses more to tsunami victims in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu–120 in Pandagassaalai (a hamlet in Pattinacherry Village) and 164 in Akarapettai. Swami Ramakrishnananda handed over the keys of the homes to the district collector of Nagapattinam, Tenkasi…
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Ganesh Chathurthi 2006
Ganesh Chathurthi was celebrated on 27 August 2006, Amritapuri
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Is there logic in devotion?
25 August 2006 — Amritapuri Amma was singing “You Have Come to Sacrifice,” a relatively new bhajan written by her attendant, Brahmacharini Lakshmi. Written in English and tuned in a Western style, the song is quite different than a traditional raga-based bhajan. When it was finished, Swami Amritaswarupananda—who sits to Amma’s left during bhajans, singing…
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Medical help to Surat flood victims
25 August 2006 — Surat, Gujarat Between August 17th and August 25th, brahmachari-doctors Ram Mohan and Chandrasekhar have seen to some 3,000 patients as part of the Ashram’s flood-relief work in Surat. Today, their work has concluded and they are returning to Amritapuri. During the past week they treated patients and distrubuted medicine in Rampura,…
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Devotees teach meditation in U.S. prison
24 August 2006 — Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Since 2003, devotee Steve Schmidt has been spending his weekends teaching Amma’s IAM Meditation Technique™ {news } to groups of devotees throughout America, mostly in devotees’ houses. Two months ago, however he entered a completely different teaching environment: the Santa Fe Juvenile Detention Home in New…
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Three great teachings India gave to the world
Past Mid-night, 14 August 2006, Amritapuri. Amma’s message on 60th India’s Independence Day “Seeing the impressive cultural presentations {news} staged by these children (students of Amrita University) Amma forgot everything. It is the proof to the fact that we have not lost our culture. Amma bows down to all of you. It has been 59…
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Independence day celebration
14 Aug, 2006, Amritapuri. The evening of India’s 60th Independence Day was celebrated at Amritapuri with multimedia cultural performances and a Bharatmata Puja by students from Amrita Universities –Engineering, Medicine, Ayurveda, Biotech, and Arts & Sciences schools. Amma joined the students and Ashram residents in the main hall. The performances focused on the various religions…