-
Diminishing distances
Guru Purnima in Amritapuri 10 July 2006, Amritapuri For many years now, residents of Amritapuri have been celebrating Guru Purnima in the Guru’s physical absence. This is because Amma is usually in the U.S. during that time of the year. Amma usually calls though, and hearing Her soulful voice is the day’s highlight for ashram
-
Guru Poornima in Iowa 2006
Guru Poornima with Amma took place this year in Iowa, during Amma’s annual USA tour. Amma giving prasad after the Guru Poornima celebrations:
-
A symbol and promoter of peace
2 July 2006 — Addison, Texas, USA On 2nd July in Addison, Texas, Amma was officially welcomed by the town’s mayor, Joe Chow. Mayor Chow has in fact welcomed Amma to Addison for several years now. “Amma has done so much for the world, not only India,” he said. “She is a symbol of peace.
-
Amma visits New Mexico 2006
Amma visited New Mexico on June 26-30, 2006.
-
Divine pictures, music, drama and dance in the city of angels
24 June 2006 — Los Angeles, California, USA Amma was only in Los Angeles for five days—20 June – 24 June—but her face blessed the city for much longer. Giant posters bearing Amma’s divine image, announcing Amma’s visit, lined the streets of the City of Angels for almost two weeks prior to her arrival. It’s
-
Support Amma in all her work
22 June 2006 — Los Angeles, California, USA Ms. Yolanda King, daughter of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., came for Amma’s blessing in Los Angeles. Just before arati, Ms. King garlanded Amma and, with a voice full of emotion, shared her appreciation of Amma with the 3,000 or so people who had come
-
Amma rocks the house!
San Ramon Ashram has formed a rock band that always plays around sunrise—serving as a kind of wake-up call to any devotee
-
Amma’s interfaith speech is “Ugran, Adipoli”
Human beings will not have to keep on learning from pain and suffering and loss and death, but that we can learn the way we learn here
-
Amma visits San Ramon 2006
Amma visited her ashram in the hills of San Ramon during her 2006 USa yatra. Programs where held from 8-18 June.
-
20th Anniversary of Amma in the West
3 June 2006 — Seattle, Washington, USA When Amma’s plane touched down at SeaTac Airport in Seattle on May 31st, it marked the 20th year that Amma has come to the United States. As Swami Amritaswarupananda pointed out in one of his morning talks during Amma’s “Northwest Retreat,” a lot has changed in the past