AmmaChimes
- Darshan started #AustraliaYatra 2019 20 April 2019
- Morning meditation with amma started at Melbourne retreat #AustraliaYatra 2019 20 April 2019
- Amma’s darshan at Melbourne retreat is over #AustraliaYatra 2019 19 April 2019
- Amma’s bhajans started #AustraliaYatra 2019 19 April 2019
- Bramachari Dayamrita on stage giving a talk #AustraliaYatra 2019 19 April 2019
- Amma held a Q&A session and served prasad dinner to all at Melbourne retreat #AustraliaYatra 2019 19 April 2019
Amma Says
- In the span of this brief human life, the amount we can learn about the external world will always be extremely limited. We cannot call this information true knowledge. Only through meditation can we grasp the depth, pervasiveness and fullness of life. - #Ammapic.twitter.com/loQuwUpAq0
- Vishu is an occasion to remember how important it is to love and serve the Creator through the creation. My children, strive for this. – #Amma #HappyVishupic.twitter.com/U25CAbiskf
- Leaning Gita is to become Sri Krishna. Learning Ramayana is to become Sri Rama. ഗീത പഠിക്കുന്നത് കൃഷ്ണനാകാനാണ്. രാമായണം പഠിക്കുന്നത് രാമനാകാനാണ് . #HappyRamaNavamipic.twitter.com/GMkyYe4v3N
- When we see ourselves as worthless, we lose our self-confidence. Instead, if we could see ourselves as an instrument in God’s hands, or when we realise that we are the source of infinite power, then we will be able to overcome any kind of obstacle we may face in life. - #Ammapic.twitter.com/FmozBNc4kr
- When we continuously think that we are insignificant, our subconscious mind starts to believe it. As a result, we begin to unintentionally reveal our weaknesses in all our thoughts, words and actions. Soon, others also start identifying us with these weaknesses. #Ammapic.twitter.com/Nks7ia5xd1
Vishu: The New Year Festival of Kerala
If your first step is wrong, the whole journey will be wrong. World over an emphasis is put on beginnings. Getting off to a good start is essential, as the beginning is the foundation upon which everything that comes after rests. Indian culture, perhaps more than any other, stresses the importance of beginning things properly. […]
Stupika installation at Amritapuri
6 April 2000, Amritapuri Today the Gopura-Stuptika Pratishtapana ceremony was performed at Amritapuri ashram, and the main meditation dome, which is the highest point of the temple building, received a sacred Stupika (a pointed metallic apex vessel). The side domes also received smaller Stupikas. According to the ashram astrologer, this is the first auspicious period since […]
Amma is beyond all Bhavas
Question: If Advaita (non-duality) is the Truth, why is bhava darshan necessary? Amma: Amma is not confined to any bhava (mood). She is beyond all bhavas. Advaita is the experience of non-duality. When there are no two, everything is the Atmaswarupa (form of the Self); everything is God. This is also the message that Amma […]
The irresistible pull
1 April 2000, Singapore At sunset Mother led Her devotees to a nearby park to meditate. They sat quietly together for a quarter of an hour, and then rose to head back home. Imagine the scene: a quiet, upscale neighbourhood, with neatly trimmed lawns and clean streets. Out of nowhere, there suddenly appears a small […]
Pune’s Lord of Knowledge
Sthala Puranas of Bharat Alandi, a town 25 kilometres from Pune, in the Pune District of Maharashtra, is a revered pilgrimage site for a number of reasons, but foremost is the fact of it being the home of the 13th-century Maharashtran saint, Sant Jnaneshwar (Jnanadev). In fact, Jnanadev spent most of his short life (1275-1296 […]
Mumba Devi reclaims Bombay
Sthala Puranas of Bharat In the mid-1990s, many state governments officially re-Indianized their citie’s names. In 1995, the capital of Maharashtra officially switched from Bombay to Mumbai, thereby re-invoking a goddess considered by the Koli1 to be the area’s protectress. (The name “Mumbai” comes from a mix of mumba and ai, both of which mean […]
Darshan through train window
16 March 2000, Lucknow It was on the train line between New Delhi and Calcutta, sometime in the middle of the night. The Rajdhani Express pulled into the station at Lucknow, and chanting rose from the platform: “Om Amriteshwaryai Namaha!” the voices called out. “Om Amriteshwaryai Namaha!” Devotees were there, yearning for at least a […]
Holi, the Festival of Colours, Joy and Renewal
Holi was Krishna and the gopi’s celebration of Love. This teasing, affectionate panorama of feeling and colour has been captured
Bhajans are to awaken the real light within
Question: Amma, you seem to be giving more importance to bhakti (devotion) than to any other path. Why is this so? Amma: When you say bhakti, do you mean just repeating a mantra and singing devotional songs? That alone is not bhakti. True devotion is discriminating between the eternal and the ephemeral. It is to […]
Dadhichi saves the Gods in Ahmadabad
Sthala Puranas of Bharat In Ahmadabad1, on the banks of the Sabarmati River is a place called Dudheshwara. This is said to have been the ashram of a great rishi [sage] by the name of Dadhichi [also Dadhyancha2]. Different versions of Dadhichi’s story are mentioned in a number of sacred texts, among them Rg Veda, […]