Tag: Lalita Sahasranama

  • Would a mother trick her children?

    Would a mother trick her children?

    16 December 2005 — Amritapuri Devi is the Goddess, the Divine Mother of the Universe. But in puranas, hymns and other devotional works she is also spoken of as maya, the illusory power. For example in the Lalita Sahasranama, the 716th mantra is Om mayayai namah.1 On the one hand we are presented with Devi…

  • Awaken, children!

    Awaken, children!

    24 July 2005, Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, USA An elderly lady from Amritapuri was waiting at the gate for her flight from Boston to Toronto. She was traveling as part of Amma’s U.S. tour. As the night before she had been up all night for Amma’s Devi Bhava darshan, she was quite sleepy. As she…