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Unexpected shower of love
22 June, 2004 Los Angeles At end of the morning program in Los Angeles on June 22, an older lady was waiting outside the program hall along with hundreds of devotees, hoping to catch a glimpse of Amma as She left. She excitedly told the others around her that she had arrived a bit too…
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Amma in the California hills
8 June – 20 June 2004 – San Ramon, California, United States of America For Amma’s devotees in the United States, Her programmes at the M.A. Center in San Ramon, California are always very special. The ashram is tucked amidst the rolling, golden hills of northern California. Its dirt roads and wooded lake help one…
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Singing with devotion
Seattle, Washington – Saturday, 5 June 2004 Amma has said that when Her children sing to Her, She is not listening to the melody and rhythm but to the feeling, the powerful longing behind the voice. But that doesn’t mean She is beyond having a good laugh with some of Her more musically challenged children.…
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Malayalam pathikkamo, Amme?
Seattle, Washington — Friday, 4 June 2004 Friday night in Seattle, one of Amma’s teenaged daughters from Canada came to Her with a question. “Amma, can I study Malayalam?” Amma gave Her a big smile and nodded Her head “yes!” Three hours later when Amma was leaving the darshan hall, the same girl was standing…
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Amma in Japan 2004
Amma visited Tokyo, Japan in May 2004
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Where there is love there is no distance
Saturday, 15 May 2004 — Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri CampusAmrita University’s Satellite link inaugurated It was a historic moment–both for Amma’s Deemed University and for India. On 15 May 2004, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham became the nation’s first multi-disciplinary educational institution to connect its campuses via satellite. As Dr. S. Banerjee, the director of Bhabha Atomic…
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Volunteers of Chennai Amrita Kuteeram
Among the hundreds of volunteers who come to help during Amma’s program in Chennai there is a ‘special’ group. They are the residents of Amma’s Amritakuteeram housing project in Avadi, located on the outskirts of the city. You cannot tell them apart from any of the other volunteers because at first glance they look just…
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AITEC Tops Anna University
11May 2004 — Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Before Amrita Institute of Technology and Science was under the auspices of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, it was affiliated with Anna University in Madras. As such, the two batches enrolled at AITEC are still associated with Anna University, and their exam scores are measured against the exam scores of the…
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Amma on Scriptures
“Along with sadhana (spiritual practices), study of the scriptures is also necessary. It will give you more clarity and understanding. It will also help you to discriminate properly when an obstacle arises.” “What we call scriptures are meant to help us travel without getting lost. We can reach a place in one hour instead of…
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When It Rains, It Pours
7-9 May 2004 — Palakkad, Kerala The last Brahmasthanam Festival Amma held in Palakkad [April 2003] was brutally hot, with temperatures regularly hitting 43 degrees Celsius. The heat was so bad, it even prompted Amma to comment in Her satsang, “My children must be suffering — both from the heat outside and the heat inside.”…