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Torah – observant Amma devotees
9 June 2002, San Ramon The question is simple: Can committed, Torah-observant Jews, in good conscience, come to Amma? Judaism embraces a broad spectrum of people. Many people in the Jewish tradition speak of their identification with Judaism as a connection with their home culture, not only or not exactly with a religion. So nobody…
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Torah – Shabbas Queen, the Shekinah
6 June 2002, San Ramon-Continued from ‘Torah – Observant Devotees‘ But what about this kneeling business – granted, on one level it is simply the physical position necessary if you’re going to nestle into the lap of a seated person. (In fact, in India where the immense crowds necessitate a much faster pace, Mother often…
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Amma, let us hear your voice
4 June 2002, San Ramon, CA Today was the first day of programs at Amma’s San Ramon ashram. Before Amma began giving satsang this evening, She asked if it would be enough if She simply answered any questions Her children might have, rather than giving a discourse as She usually does at the beginning of…
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The Mother of all kinds of children
1 June 2002, Seattle Mother enters the States in Seattle, holds a day of public programs and a three-day retreat, and the “US Summer Tour” is begun. When She reaches the venue for the first morning program, as will be the case for every morning program for the next month and a half, there is…
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Amma in Japan 2002
Amma visited Japan in may of 2002
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Goodbye for the summer
20 May 2002, Final Darshans in Amritapuri It’s been this way for 16 years now. When the Monsoon comes, all of Amma’s Indian devotees know it is time to come to Amritapuri for one last darshan. After stopping public darshan for one week in order to spend time with the ashramites who stay behind during…
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A change of weather in Kannur
4 May 2002,Kannur During the Palakkad Brahmasthanam, with the temperatures climbing past 40 degrees, many people in Amma’s tour group were praying for rain – anything to bring some respite from the heat. Well, they finally got the rain they were praying for in Kannur, the last stop on the tour. By the time Amma’s…
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Feeling the heat in Palakkad
25-27 April 2002, Palakkad Brahmasthanam Festival“My children must be suffering – both from the heat outside and the heat inside,” said Amma in one of Her morning satsangs in Palakkad. During the three-day Brahmasthanam Festival there (April 25-27), the temperature was consistently reaching 43 degrees Celsius – the earth was scorched, the lakes were dry,…
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Come running when the bell rings
14 April 2002, Amritapuri On 13th April, Saturday, Amma made a surprise visit to the prayer hall at 5:00 a.m., as the morning archana was about to begin, to take the attendance of the ashramites taking part in the morning chanting. Later in the afternoon Amma came unannounced for the meditation. Normally, before Amma comes…
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Fireworks meditation
13 April 2002,Vishu Eve, Amritapuri Amma had finished playing with Ram; normally, She would go up Her steps to Her room. This night was different. Instead, suddenly She made Her way to the front steps of the temple. It seems the computer students from the ashrams’ Institute had arranged a special fireworks display for the…