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Spirituality – The Peacemaker
From Amma’s Birthday Message 27 September 2003 Amma has never considered that She has a birthday or that it should be celebrated. It is the sankalpa [resolve] of Amma’s children that has borne fruit in the form of these celebrations. It is an occasion for all of Amma’s children to come together to pray to…
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Interviews – Tewa Dancers
Tewa Dancers From the North – Native American Music and Dance from New Mexico, USA The Tewa Dancers From the North is an ensemble of Pueblo Native American dancers from New Mexico, USA. The ultimate purpose of Tewa dance is sacred—dance as prayer, dance to keep humanity in harmony with the universe. The group performed for…
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Books
Mata Amritanandamayi Math Releases Seven New Spiritual Books During the Amritavarsham50 Celebrations, the Mata Amritanandamayi Math released seven new spiritual books, adding to its already diverse and deep catelogue of publications. Seven books in total were released during the Amritavarsham50 Celebrations There were three books of Amma’s teachings: From Amma’s Heart: Conversations with Sri Mata…
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Upannyas
President of India Awards Prizes to Top Essay Writers 26 September 2003 Dhanashree Vinay Renge of Mt. Carmel Girls’ School in Nagpur receives a hug from Amma and an award from the President Upon the conclusion of his address to the more than 100,000 youth assembled in the Amritavarsham50 stadium, Indian President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul…
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Happy Birthday to You
26 September 2003 Shri. Shankar Mahadevan The tone for the evening was set by singer Sri. Shankar Mahadevan, who enthralled everyone with his renditions of Karnatic pieces, bhajans, abhangs and devotional songs from movies. His rich and vibrant vocals were captivating as was the repertoire he had selected for the evening. Many remarked that the…
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Bhajans with Amma
Many devotees cherish nothing more than being with Amma when She sings bhajans. Some sit with their eyes-closed in deep meditation, some sing along— maybe reading the lyrics from bhajan books—and others simply sit, witnessing Amma as She gives Herself so fully to the music. Amma sang bhajans in nearly two dozen languages, to the…
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Amma’s Biography in Braille
“Messiah of Love”: Amma’s Biography in Braille 26 September 2003 Anil K. Dilwali and his family came to see Amma during Amritvarsham50 with a very special gift—108 copies of Amma’s life story in braille. Mr. Dilwali was kind enough to recount us the full story. When Amma was presented with Messiah of Love, Her life…
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A Prayer for World Peace
Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu 26 September 2003 Before beginning Her satsang on the evening of 26 September, Amma asked all Her children in the stadium to chant the peace mantra “lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu” [“may the whole world be happy”] for one full minute, and to imagine that the vibrations of peace were spreading from…
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Buddhist Homa
Buddhist Priests Perform Japanese Homa 25 September 2003 On the second day of Amritavarsham50, two monks from very different Buddhist sects performed an integrated homa [fire-pit ritual] based on the esoteric Buddhist practice from the Shingon tradition. Buddhist priests perform a traditional Japanese homa Tendai Buddhist Rev. Takeda Hakusai said, “The homa tradition does originally…
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Twirling Ladies
Twirling Ladies, Rockin’ Bhajans & Serious Facial Hair 25 September 2003 Only the promise of Amma’s sweet embrace could have kept the thousands of people in line for darshan from rushing to get a better look at the spectacular cultural performances taking place onstage. Featuring performances by a group of artists as diverse as world-renowned…