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Amma in San Ramon 2003
2003, San Ramon Amma visited San Ramon in the summer of 2003. Outdoor meditation with Amma was started early Morning. Amma’s Satsang was there before her darshan followed by babies for their first meal from Amma.
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Amma visits Seattle 2003
Photos of Amma her program in Seattle 2003
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Take one step, God will take 100 steps towards you
Question: Mother, you often say that if we take one step towards God, God will take a hundred steps towards us. Does this mean that God is far away from us? Mother: No. It means that if you make an effort to cultivate just one good quality, all the other good qualities will develop naturally
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Japan 2003
Amma visited Japan in 2003
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God and your life
Tell everything to God “No matter who causes you grief, take your complaints to the puja room (family shrine), where your real friend is. In addition to your husband or wife, you should have a friend — and that friend should be God. Even if your husband or wife makes you unhappy, tell that to
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Meditation on the Seashore
9 May 2003, AmritapuriWhen Amma is at Amritapuri, the schedule for Friday is well known: Amma comes out at around 11 or 11:30 a.m. to the temple hall. She leads a short meditation, and then conducts a question-answer session during which She switches back and forth between being the questioner and the answerer. Everybody faithfully
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Bhajans, the devotional singing
“Bhajans are prayers in the form of songs, rich in meaning and full of devotional content. When one sings a bhajan wholeheartedly, they completely forget themselves and become one with their longing for the divine; this is meditation. In this modern age with distractions galore, traditional meditation and contemplation are not possible for everybody, but
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Mantra Japa: Amma on chanting the name of the Lord
“Mental purity will come through constant chanting of the divine name. This is the simplest way. You are trying to cross the ocean of transmigration, the cycle of birth and death. The mantra is the oar of the boat; it is the instrument you use to cross the samsara of your restless mind, with its
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Connect to God, the source of power
Question: Amma, it is said that if a sadhak (spiritual aspirant) touches someone, he will lose his spiritual power. Is this true?” Amma: A small battery, which has only a limited amount of power stored in it, will lose some power whenever it is used. However, a wire connected to the mains will always stay
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How to overcome anger
“Suppose you have a weakness of getting angry easily. Now, what you should do is this: Once you become normal again, go and sit in the family shrine room if you have one, or sit in solitude; then regret and repent your own anger and sincerely pray to your beloved deity or to Mother Nature,